Objective: To study the fetal outcome in Elective versus Emergency Caesarean section at a tertiary care center. Material and Method: The study spanned one year and included patients undergoing caesarean sections at our tertiary referral center, regardless of their gestation age. The study was conducted after the approval of institutional ethics committee. In this study two groups of pregnant females were studied. Group 1: Women who underwent elective caesarean section. Group 2: Women who underwent emergency caesarean section. Results: There was total 3296 deliveries during the study period. Among all deliveries, 1306 women with singleton pregnancies underwent LSCS. There were 917(70.2%) emergency LSCS and 389(29.8%) elective LSCS. Fetal outcomes were recorded and compared between elective and emergency LSCS group. In the present study, Fetal complications like respiratory distress, meconium aspiration syndrome and NICU admissions >24 hours were significantly more in emergency group as compared to elective group. Mean birth weight in elective group was 2.58±0.47 kg and 2.43±0.56 kg in emergency group, which was statistically significant. 1 minute APGAR score was 24 hours were significantly more in emergency group as compared to elective group. There was no statistically significant difference in the occurrence of transient tachypnea of newborn in the two groups.

Objective: To study the fetal outcome in Elective versus Emergency Caesarean section at a tertiary care center. Material and Method: The study spanned one year and included patients undergoing caesarean sections at our tertiary referral center, regardless of their gestation age. The study was conducted after the approval of institutional ethics committee. In this study two groups of pregnant females were studied. Group 1: Women who underwent elective caesarean section. Group 2: Women who underwent emergency caesarean section. Results: There was total 3296 deliveries during the study period. Among all deliveries, 1306 women with singleton pregnancies underwent LSCS. There were 917(70.2%) emergency LSCS and 389(29.8%) elective LSCS. Fetal outcomes were recorded and compared between elective and emergency LSCS group. In the present study, Fetal complications like respiratory distress, meconium aspiration syndrome and NICU admissions >24 hours were significantly more in emergency group as compared to elective group. Mean birth weight in elective group was 2.58±0.47 kg and 2.43±0.56 kg in emergency group, which was statistically significant. 1 minute APGAR score was 24 hours were significantly more in emergency group as compared to elective group. There was no statistically significant difference in the occurrence of transient tachypnea of newborn in the two groups.