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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
A comparative study of caesarean deliveries by assistant medical officers and obstetricians in Mozambique
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Volume 103, No. 6, Year 1996
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Description
Objective To evaluate the outcome of caesarean delivery performed by assistant medical officers and specialists in obstetrics and gynaecology with particular attention to post-operative complications. Design We performed a nonrandomised analysis of 2071 consecutive caesarean deliveries at Maputo Central Hospital. Of these, 958 (46.3%) were performed by assistant medical officers (medical assistants trained for surgery) and the rest (53.7%) by specialists in obstetrics and gynaecology. The age and parity distributions of women in the two groups were almost identical. Setting University Hospital in Maputo, covering all emergency obstetrics with about 48,000 deliveries per year. Population Two thousand and seventy-one consecutive caesarean deliveries. Main outcome measures Post-operative complications and the duration of post-operative hospital stay. Results There were no differences in the indications for caesarean delivery. The surgical interventions associated with caesarean delivery did not differ in the two groups. The only significant difference was in the group of superficial wound separation due to haematoma, which was slightly more common (0.35%vs 0.05%) in the group operated on by assistant medical officers (Odds Ratio 2.2; 95% Confidence Interval 1.3–3.9). Conclusion Training selected medical assistants to perform caesarean delivery, even on women in poor general condition, is justified in settings in which doctors are scarce. © 2017 Wiley. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Pereira, Caetano
Mozambique, Maputo
Hospital Central de Maputo
Bugalho, António M.
Mozambique, Maputo
Hospital Central de Maputo
Bergström, Staffan E.
Sweden, Stockholm
Karolinska Institutet
Vaz, Fernando
Mozambique, Maputo
Hospital Central de Maputo
Cotiro, Manuel
Mozambique, Maputo
Hospital Central de Maputo
Statistics
Citations: 164
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1471-0528.1996.tb09797.x
ISSN:
14700328
e-ISSN:
14710528
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Case-Control Study
Study Locations
Mozambique
Participants Gender
Female