TOPIC.Comparison of the average pregnancy age between the two groups (vaginal delivery vs. caesarean section) for 629 pairs Mother-baby [ ]


This study shall include all births concluded in the intensive care unit during 2013-14, carried out at “Mbretëresha Geraldinë” University Hospital Center of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tirana. The study is retrospective. The number of babies involved is 629, of which 154 (24.5%) were normal deliveries and 475 (75.5%) were C-section ones. According to the results, it is clearly noticed a considerable growth of the number of C-section deliveries which have been transferred at the intensive care unit. The prevalence of serious conditions (problematic diagnosis) is much higher among C-section delivery (44.4%) versus vaginal delivery (18.8 %%) and this difference is statistically highly significant. (P<0.001).