{"title":"The incidence and perinatal outcomes of singleton vaginal breech deliveries in a low-resource setting, mpilo central hospital, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe","authors":"S. Ngwenya","doi":"10.15406/mojwh.2019.08.00210","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Mpilo Central Hospital is located in Bulawayo and deliveries 9000 deliveries per year. Bulawayo is the second largest city in Zimbabwe after the capital city Harare, with a population of 653, 337 as of the 2012 census.1The unit receives referrals from urban and rural centres. It is located in Matabeleland, 439 km southwest of Harare, on the way to Victoria Falls. In low-resource settings, women with breech presentations have limited choices regarding elective caesarean delivery and vaginal breech delivery due to lack of resources. Some present unbooked and in advanced labour.","PeriodicalId":47398,"journal":{"name":"Womens Health","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7000,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Womens Health","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.15406/mojwh.2019.08.00210","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Mpilo Central Hospital is located in Bulawayo and deliveries 9000 deliveries per year. Bulawayo is the second largest city in Zimbabwe after the capital city Harare, with a population of 653, 337 as of the 2012 census.1The unit receives referrals from urban and rural centres. It is located in Matabeleland, 439 km southwest of Harare, on the way to Victoria Falls. In low-resource settings, women with breech presentations have limited choices regarding elective caesarean delivery and vaginal breech delivery due to lack of resources. Some present unbooked and in advanced labour.
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For many diseases, women’s physiology and life-cycle hormonal changes demand important consideration when determining healthcare management options. Age- and gender-related factors can directly affect treatment outcomes, and differences between the clinical management of, say, an adolescent female and that in a pre- or postmenopausal patient may be either subtle or profound. At the same time, there are certain conditions that are far more prevalent in women than men, and these may require special attention. Furthermore, in an increasingly aged population in which women demonstrate a greater life-expectancy.