Cesarean delivery rates rose from 20 to 33% of births in the United States from 2006-2009 without an accompanying improvement in neonatal outcomes. The cesarean rate may be safely decreased by increasing vaginal birth after cesarean, encouraging external cephalic version for breech presentation, maintaining operative vaginal delivery skills, and ...
Lee T, Dresang, Lawrence, Leeman
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Cesarean Delivery in Adolescents [PDF]
To examine the effect of maternal age on indication for primary cesarean delivery in low-risk nulliparous women.Retrospective cohort study.Urban academic tertiary care center.Nulliparous women younger than 35 years of age delivering vertex-presenting singletons at term.Participants underwent spontaneous, operative or cesarean delivery.Mode of delivery,
Jennifer L, Katz Eriksen +4 more
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The effect of delaying childbirth on primary cesarean section rates [PDF]
<p><b>Background:</b> The relationship between population trends in delaying childbirth and rising rates of primary cesarean delivery is unclear.
Yolande Cordeaux +33 more
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Predicting cesarean section and uterine rupture among women attempting vaginal birth after prior cesarean section [PDF]
<p><b>Background:</b> There is currently no validated method for antepartum prediction of the risk of failed vaginal birth after cesarean section and no information on the relationship between the risk of emergency cesarean delivery and
Richard Dobbie +8 more
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Predictive factors for cesarean delivery : a retrospective study [PDF]
Background: Cesarean section rates have risen markedly worldwide. Considering the potential harm caused by this mode of delivery, and the general concern in reducing its incidence, it would be useful to individualize the risk of non-planned cesareans ...
Saraiva, Alexandra +8 more
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Risk of placenta previa in second birth after first birth cesarean section: a population-based study and meta-analysis. [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To compare the risk of placenta previa at second birth among women who had a cesarean section (CS) at first birth with women who delivered vaginally.
Onwere, Chidimma +20 more
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The timing of elective caesarean delivery between 2000 and 2009 in England. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: In 2004, the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommended that an elective caesarean section for an uncomplicated pregnancy should not be carried out before 39 completed weeks due to increased risk of respiratory morbidity in
Onwere, Chidimma +21 more
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Caesarean section and risk of unexplained stillbirth in subsequent pregnancy [PDF]
Background Caesarean section is associated with an increased risk of disorders of placentation in subsequent pregnancies, but effects on the rate of antepartum stillbirth are unknown.
Smith, G. +6 more
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Recent Advances in Cesarean Delivery [PDF]
Recent Advances in Cesarean Delivery is a collection of research chapters on cesarean delivery and related developments within the field of obstetrics.
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The effects of indomethacin, diclofenac, and acetaminophen suppository on pain and opioids consumption after cesarean section [PDF]
Background: Cesarean section is one of the common surgeries of women. Acute post-operative pain is one of the recognized post-operative complications.
Masood Entezariasl +7 more
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