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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023

In-Depth Analysis of Caesarean Section Rate in the Largest Secondary Care-Level Maternity Hospital in Latvia.

Laura Racene, Zane Rostoka, Liva Kise, Justina Kacerauskiene, Dace Rezeberga

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Laura RaceneDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Rīga Stradiņš University, LV-1007 Riga, Latvia.
Zane RostokaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Rīga Stradiņš University, LV-1007 Riga, Latvia.
Liva KiseDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Rīga Stradiņš University, LV-1007 Riga, Latvia.
Justina KacerauskieneDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 50167 Kaunas, Lithuania.
Dace RezebergaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Rīga Stradiņš University, LV-1007 Riga, Latvia.ORCID 0000-0001-6287-7017

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Latvian Council of Science lzp- 2021/1-0300
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Abstract

There is no surgical intervention without risk. A high rate of caesarean sections (CSs) impacts on maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity. For optimisation of the CS rate, regular monitoring is necessary. In 2015, the World Health Organization recommended the Robson classification as a global standard for assessing, monitoring, and comparing CS rates. We analysed all births in 2019 in the Riga Maternity Hospital-a secondary-level monodisciplinary perinatal care hospital in Latvia-according to the Robson classification, seeking to identify which groups make the biggest contribution to the overall CS rate. In total, 5835 women were included. The overall CS rate was 21.5%. In our study, the largest contributors to the overall CS rate were as follows: Group 5 (33.3%); Group 2 (20.8%); and Group 1 (15.6%). The results of our deeper analysis of individual groups (Group 1 and 5) from our study may help to develop targeted interventions for specific subgroups of the obstetric population, effectively reducing both the overall rate of CS and the number of unnecessary CSs performed. The CS rate reduction strategy should be based on decreasing CSs in Group 1 and encouraging VBAC, thus decreasing the number of women undergoing two or more CSs in future.

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