title: Rupture of the uterus in full-term pregnancy.
abstract: Of 48,519 deliveries conducted at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) over 7 years (January, 1986 to December, 1992), 257 were of ruptured uterus, giving a rate of one in 189 deliveries. Main cause of rupture was obstructed labour. Maternal mortality was 3.9% and foetal mortality 88% in cases admitted with uterine rupture and 17.6% in rupture occurring within the hospital (JPMA 43: 172, 1993).
authors.affiliation: Pakistan Medical Research Council, Research Centre, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Korejo
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Jafarey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications; D010154:Pakistan; D011247:Pregnancy; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D014597:Uterine Rupture / Q000453:epidemiology*