Volume : VI, Issue : X, October - 2017

Skyrocketing Caesarean births in Kerala Fighting the trend

Dr Prameela Menon, Dr. Dhanya R Shenoy

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 Background : Cesarean section rates at an alarming rise in India. According to WHO, there is no justification to have more than 10–15% CS. Current rate of CS even in Government hospitals in Kerala  is as high as 43%. In view of the upsurging CS rates in Kerala, we conducted a prospective observational study to evaluate the rate and determine the cause of Cesarean births according to ROBSON’S criteria in our institute. Aim: Evaluate CS rate and identify major contributors to CS in our institute. Result : CS rate in our institution for 2014–2016 was  35.57%, the major contributors being previous CS single cephalic >37wks and nulliparous single cephalic >37wks, induced patients. Conclusion: Reducing CS rates can seem daunting because there are so many contributing factors. Determining the most important contributors for CS rates gives you a place to begin. Robsons criteria identifies the subpopulations driving changes in CS rates.

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Dr Prameela Menon, Dr. Dhanya R Shenoy, Skyrocketing Caesarean births in Kerala Fighting the trend, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-6 | Issue-10 | October-2017

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