Analysis of 20,119 deliveries in Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
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%).
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh.
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