dc.contributor.author | Karanja, SK | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-23T13:16:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-23T13:16:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1991-04 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Degree of Master of Medicine in Obstetrics and Gynaecology | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/11295/24938 | |
dc.description | For The Examination of Master
of Medicine In
Obstetrics and Gynaecology | en |
dc.description.abstract | In this study, 320 patients who had caeserian section at Pumwani
Maternity Hospital were inlerviewed by means of a s tructured
questionnaire administered by the chief investigator. They were
also examined daily till they Ieft the hospital.
From the study, it was found that 94.8% all the patients were
less than 34 years. 78.1% were married. 60% were semiliterate with It
7 years or less of education. 36% of the patients were n ulliparou s
and 91.6% had 4 or less children. The caeserian section rate was
found to be 6. 8%. 36% of the cae sc.rian sections were primary and
64% were repeat. The perinatal mortality rate was 118 per 1000
and the maternal mortality rate was found to be 0.63%':The maternal
morbidity rate was 19.0%. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en |
dc.title | Case records and commentaries in obstetrics and gynaecology | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
dc.description.department | a
Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, ; bDepartment of Mental Health, School of Medicine,
Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya | |
local.publisher | Department of Medicine | en |