Miroslav Korbeľ, Miroslav Borovský, Ján Danko, Alexandra Krištúfková, Zuzana Nižňanská, Peter Kaščák, Jakub Daniš
The analysis of some maternal morbidity indexes in the Slovak Republic in the year 2014 is presented. The rate of caesarean
sections decreased to 30.5 %, the rate of vacuum extractions increased up to 1.5 % and the rate of forceps deliveries
was the same – 0.6 %. The rate of peripartum hysterectomies decreased to 0.08 %. Third and fourth-degree
perineal tears rate was the same – 0.59 %, but the frequency of episiotomies decreased to 58.4 %. The rate of preeclampsia
and eclampsia decreased to 3.04 %, 0.04 % of deliveries respectively. The rate of HELLP syndrome was the same
– 0.09 % of deliveries. Frequency of sepsis during pregnancy and puerperium increased up to 0.06 %. Frequency
of severe postpartum haemorrhage, admission to intensive care unit/department of anaesthesiology and resuscitation,
placenta accreta decreased to 0.29 %, 0.10 %, and 0.08 % respectively.