CHARACTERISTICS OF CHILDBIRTH IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: A TEN-YEAR OBSERVATION
Journal: Social Aspects of Population Health
Year: 2024

Significance. Normal labour is key to giving birth to a healthy child and according to expert estimates, should account for about 70.0-80.0% of all births. However, about 1.3 million complicated births are reported worldwide every year. Weakness or discoordination of labour, rapid labour can result in postpartum complications, maternal and child health problems, increase the rates of operative delivery and worsen the further prognosis. Therefore, studying the course and complications of labour i