title: Analysis of 20,119 deliveries in Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
abstract: Data of 20,119 deliveries in Dhaka Medical College Hospital are presented. Dhaka Medical College Hospital is the chief referral hospital in Dhaka city. The 15% of patient were 18 years of age or below and 18% were above 35 years of age or above. The 48.22% were primaegravida and 51.78% were multigravida, of these 28% were grandmultigravida. The 89% had no previous antenatal checkup. The 92.72% had cephalic presentation, 65.52% had normal vaginal delivery, 21.07% had caesarean section, 11.18% had forceps delivery. Perinatal mortality during hospital stay was 143/1,000 deliveries, maternal mortality 2,510/100,000, mainly due to eclampsia. Complications during delivery were mainly in the form of ruptured uterus (1.10%), P.P.H. (1.06%), and retained placenta (3.88%).
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh.
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Begum
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001459:Bangladesh; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies