Failure to perform assisted deliveries is resulting in an increased neonatal and maternal morbidity and mortality : an expert opinion
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| dc.contributor.author | Pattinson, Robert Clive
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| dc.contributor.author | Vannevel, Valerie
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| dc.contributor.author | Barnard, Dalene
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| dc.contributor.author | Baloyi, S.
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| dc.contributor.author | Gebhardt, G.S.
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| dc.contributor.author | Le Roux, K.
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| dc.contributor.author | Moran, N.
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| dc.contributor.author | Moodley, J.
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| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-03-28T10:21:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-03-28T10:21:52Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-02 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The need to perform assisted vaginal delivery (AVD) has been regarded as self-evident. In high-income countries, rates of AVD range between 5% and 20% of all births. In South Africa, the rate of AVD is only 1%. This has resulted in increased neonatal morbidity and mortality due to intrapartum asphyxia, and increased maternal morbidity and mortality due to a rise in second-stage caesarean deliveries. In this article, we address the possible causes leading to a decrease in AVD and propose measures to be taken to increase the rates of AVD and subsequently reduce morbidity and mortality. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.department | Obstetrics and Gynaecology | en_ZA |
| dc.description.librarian | am2018 | en_ZA |
| dc.description.uri | http://www.samj.org.za | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Pattinson, R.C., Vannevel, V., Barnard, D. et al. 2018, 'Failure to perform assisted deliveries is resulting in an increased neonatal and maternal morbidity and mortality : an expert opinion', South African Medical Journal, vol. 108, no. 2, pp. 75-78. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0256-9574 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2078-5135 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.other | 10.7196/SAMJ.2018.v108i2.12786 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/64332 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Health and Medical Publishing Group | en_ZA |
| dc.rights | © 2017, South African Medical Association. All rights reserved. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial Works License (CC BY-NC 3.0). | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Assisted vaginal delivery (AVD) | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Asphyxia | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Birth injury | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Pelvic disproportion | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Cerebral palsy (CP) | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Cesarean section | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Fetus distress | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Health care management | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | High income country | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Hospitalization | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Instrumental delivery | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Maternal morbidity | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Maternal mortality | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Midwife | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Obstetric hemorrhage | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Obstetric procedure | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Vacuum extraction | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | South Africa (SA) | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Failure to perform assisted deliveries is resulting in an increased neonatal and maternal morbidity and mortality : an expert opinion | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |
