Table 2 Clinical, Obstetric and Operational characteristics of patients undergoing caesarean section in Debre Markos Referral Hospital between March 28, 2019 and August 31, 2019
Variables | Category | Frequency | Proportion (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Onset of labor | Spontaneous | 400 | 76.9 |
Induced | 17 | 3.3 | |
No labor | 103 | 19.8 | |
Rupture of membrane before CSa | Yes | 158 | 31.40 |
No | 362 | 69.60 | |
Per vaginal examination | Yes | 107 | 20.57 |
No | 413 | 79.43 | |
Preoperative blood transfusion | Yes | 19 | 3.60 |
No | 501 | 96.40 | |
Types of CSa | Elective | 98 | 18.84 |
Emergency | 422 | 81.16 | |
Types of incision | Horizontal | 498 | 95.77 |
Vertical | 22 | 4.23 | |
Types of skin suturing | Interrupted | 37 | 7.1 |
Subcuticular | 483 | 92.9 | |
Anesthetic techniques | General | 20 | 3.80 |
Epidural | 4 | 0.80 | |
Spinal | 496 | 95.40 | |
Blood transfusion | Not transfused | 504 | 97.0 |
1-unit | 8 | 1.5 | |
2-units | 8 | 1.5 | |
Surgical procedure by | Gynecologist | 453 | 86.9 |
Emergency surgeon | 65 | 12.5 | |
Junior surgeon | 3 | 0.6 | |
Gestational age in weeks | Pre-term | 21 | 4 |
Term | 485 | 93.3 | |
Post-term | 14 | 2.7 | |
Parity | Nulliparous | 267 | 51.3 |
1–3 | 184 | 35.4 | |
≥4 | 69 | 13.3 | |
Number of prior CSa | 0 | 413 | 79.4 |
1 | 81 | 16.7 | |
2 | 16 | 3.1 | |
3 | 4 | 0.8 | |
HIV Status | Positive | 7 | 1.3 |
Negative | 513 | 98.7 | |
Hypertension (Any type) | Yes | 39 | 7.5 |
No | 481 | 92.5 |