M V González Salinas | PubMed Health

PubMed1995

[Analysis of the use of the Salinas forceps at the Gynecologic-Obstetric Hospital of Garza García, N.L. (Nuevo León)].

Six hundred and thirteen cases of Salinas forceps application at Hospital de Ginecoobstetricia de Garza García, N.L. from November 1992 to April, 1993, were reviewed. The largest patients group, 20 to 29 years of age with 54.5%; primiparae were predominant with 55.9%, the largest amount of applications in term products, 80.8%; elective forceps with 72.5%; low application with 83.0%; medium 2.5%; episiotomy, medium, right lateral in all the cases; epidural block anesthesia in all the patients, and only one complication 0.1%; most frequent position variety OIA with 50%; and the smaller OIP with 2.6%; 96.3% of products weighted more than 2,500 g; and 87.1% with Apgar 8-9 at one minute. Maternal morbidity, 30.1%; fetal morbidity, 6.1%, with one case with facial paralysis (0.1%) by medium forceps. There were no maternal deaths; 3 antepartum fetal deaths; none postpartum.

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PubMed1995

[Perinatal mortality].

Eighty six cases of perinatal mortality at Hospital de Ginecoobstetricia, Garza García, N.L. Subsecretaría Estatal, from january, 1992 to December, 1993, were reviewed. Perinatal mortality was 12.0 by one thousand births, less than in other reports. The highest incidence was in young patients, 20 to 29 years old, with 47.7% and with parity of 1 to 3, 80.2%; highest frequency in term pregnancies, 37 to 42 weeks, 39.6%; 35% of the products with weight over 2,500 g; and 65% with lesser weight; fetal death occurred most frequently during pre-partum, 55.8%, and less during intra-partum, 19.8%. Most frequent causes of peri-natal death were placental failure, 27.9% and fetal immaturity, with 24.4%. It is concluded that an adequate pre-natal control and delivery surveillance produce a diminution in fetal mortality.

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