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Epidemiological characteristics and factors associated with cesarean section at the Maternal and Child Center José Carlos Mariátegui from August 2016 to July 2017
(Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2018-01-15) Rojas Morón, Miriam Danaiz; Vargas Arzubiaga, Carla Stephany; Rodriguez Chávez, Carlos Leonidas
Caesarean section is a common surgical intervention in the world that allows saving human lives; it is performed without clinical indications. The general objective is the epidemiological characteristics and factors associated with cesarean section. Furthermore, it was a non-experimental, observational, mixed, retrospective cross-sectional research. The sample consisted of 122 medical records. The results were analyzed in the statistical program SPSS version 21, finding an incidence of 45.97% of dystocic births. With respect to epidemiological characteristics, age, 27.87% of patients are between 30-34 years old and 8.2% are between 15-19 years old. Regarding parity, 38.52% of patients have second digestion and 3.28% are highly multiparous. Marital status: 36.07% are cohabiting and 30.33% are married. Level of education: 37.7% of patients have secondary school and 19.67% have higher education. Occupation: 54.9% are independent and only 11.48% are students. Origin 66.39% are from the coastal area and 0.82% are from abroad In maternal factors associated with cesarean section, 48.36% had a previous cesarean section and 1.64% had soft tissue dystocias. In relation to fetal factors associated with cesarean section, 55.74% did not have any fetal indication for cesarean section and 1.64% had malformations. In relation to mixed factors associated with cesarean section, 95.9% did not have any mixed indication for cesarean section and 0.82% had preeclampsia. Finally, in anesthetic, infectious, surgical and hemorrhagic complications, 100% did not have any of them.