From home delay to institutional neglect: an emerging trend in obstructed labour.
Analysis of 146 patients managed for obstructed labour at a referral tertiary hospital in South West Nigeria shows that labour became obstructed in a lower cadre health facility among majority (76.7%) of the women. This calls for improved maternity service delivery in our locality.
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D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006700:Home Childbirth / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012067:Religion