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Table 4 Indications for caesarean section within each Robson group in women who gave birth at BUTH, Nigeria

From: Robson classification of caesarean births: implications for reducing caesarean section rate in a private tertiary hospital in Nigeria

INDICATIONS

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

N (%)

PCS

0

0

1

1

70

0

3

4

0

8

87(38.0)

PPL

4

5

10

2

1

0

0

0

0

2

24(10.5)

CPD/OL

8

7

3

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

21(9.2)

HDP

0

6

0

2

3

0

0

1

0

7

19(8.3)

FD

5

3

5

2

0

0

0

1

0

1

17(7.4)

MR

0

5

1

2

2

0

0

0

0

2

12(5.2)

BP

0

0

0

0

0

5

5

0

0

0

10(4.4)

M/AL

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

6

0

7(3.1)

MP

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

5

0

0

5(2.2)

PD/PT

1

3

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

5(2.2)

APH

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

2

4(1.7)

PTL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

3(1.3)

ANRF

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

2(0.9)

OTHERS

3

3

1

2

1

0

0

0

0

3

13(5.7)

  1. PCS (Previous caesarean section), PPL(Poor progress in labour), CPD/OL(Cephalopelvic disproportion/ Obstructed labour), HDP(Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy), FD(Foetal distress in labour), MR(Maternal request), BP(Breech presentation), M/AL(Other malpresentations / abnormal lie), MP(Multiple pregnancy), PD/PT(Postdate /post term pregnancy), APH(Antepartum hemorrhage), PTL(Preterm labour), ANRF(Antepartum non-reassuring foetus).