title: Analysis of 20,291 deliveries in a Turkish institution.
abstract: Data of 20,291 deliveries are presented; 6.85% (1389) of the patients were 19 years old or under and 6.24% (1276) were 35 or over; 7352 women had one child (primipara) and 1475 had five or more. Cephalic presentation constituted 94.2% of deliveries. The total induction rate was 9%. The incidence of prematurity and post-term gestation was 13 and 7.2%, respectively. Prolonged labor was encountered in 4% of the patients. Anesthesia was employed in 65.8% of all deliveries. Total and primary cesarean section rates were 9.77 and 7%, respectively. The incidence of fetal mortality was 2.55% and congenital anomalies were seen in 1.53% of the infants. The birth weight was under 2499 g in 9.5% of the newborns. Pregnancy complications of different magnitude were encountered in 23.7% of the cases. Uterine rupture and inversion rates were 0.12% and 0.005% respectively. The maternal mortality rate was found to be 64.06 per 100,000 deliveries.
authors.affiliation: University of Hacettepe, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ayhan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yüce
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Kisnisci
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D014421:Turkey