title: Decision-intervention interval in ruptured uteri in Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the decision-intervention interval in ruptured uterus with a view of overhauling the management strategy thereby improving the maternal and perinatal outcome.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional survey based on secondary data done between 1990-1999.
  
  
  METHODS
  Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and two consecutive women who had uterine rupture.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The decision-surgical intervention interval ranged from 30 minutes to 4.5 hours. The major reason for delay was unavailability of compatible blood (88.2%), followed by lack of electricity (4.9%), unsterile instruments (3.9%), waiting for ambulance to get senior obstetricians (2.9%), delay in arrival of anaesthetist (1.9%) and neonatologists (1.9%). The peri-natal mortality rate (PNMR) was 843 per 1000 total births and maternal mortality rate (MMR) 4902 per 100,000 births.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The maternal and perinatal outcome in uterine rupture would be improved by early diagnosis and avoidance of preoperative delay through availability of essential obstetric services.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria.
authors.forename: E O
authors.initials: EO
authors.lastname: Orji
authors.forename: O B
authors.initials: OB
authors.lastname: Fasubaa
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Onwudiegwu
authors.forename: F O
authors.initials: FO
authors.lastname: Dare
authors.forename: S O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Ogunniyi
mesh_terms: D001723:Birth Rate; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018579:Patient Selection; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013246:Sterilization, Tubal / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014597:Uterine Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*