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Objective: This study aimed to describe Israeli maternity departments’ policies regarding cesarean delivery on maternal request, and factors associated with obstetricians’ support for cesarean delivery on maternal request in specific scenarios.
Galit Hirsh-Yechezkel +8 more
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Background: The cesarean delivery rate has been increasing all over the world over the last few years. There is a change in mindset due to the change in women’s role, let alone the perception stating that cesarean delivery can decrease the risk of having
Eighty Mardiyan Kurniawati +2 more
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Quality of life after cesarean and vaginal delivery [PDF]
Objective: Cesarean rates in recent decades have been increasing and a number of studies have shown that cesarean increases maternal morbidities. The aim of this study is to compare the quality of life after cesarean and vaginal delivery.
Abbas Mousavi, S. +3 more
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Geospatial Variation in Caesarean Delivery [PDF]
Aim: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the variation in caesarean delivery rates across counties in Georgia and to determine whether county-level characteristics were associated with clusters. Design: This was a retrospective, observational study.
Dunlop, Anne +2 more
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Background The rate of cesarean delivery was 35% in 2007 in Taiwan. It is unclear how many of the cesarean deliveries were without medical indications. Women's preference for cesarean delivery during their course of pregnancy has rarely been studied and ...
Yeh Mei-Chiang +4 more
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Primigravid Women's Views of Being Approached to Participate in a Hypothetical Term Cephalic Trial of Planned Vaginal Birth versus Planned Cesarean Birth [PDF]
Background: Several papers have called for a trial of planned cesarean section versus planned vaginal birth for low-risk women—a recommendation that is fiercely debated.
Kingdon, Carol, Lavender, Tina
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Defensive Medicine and Obstetric Practices [PDF]
Using data on physician behavior from the 1979–2005 National Hospital Discharge Surveys (NHDS), I estimate the relationship between malpractice pressure, as identified by the adoption of non-economic damage caps and related tort reforms, and certain ...
Frakes, Michael D.
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Clean Cut is a multimodal, adaptive, checklist‐based infection prevention programme designed to improve compliance with six critical perioperative infection prevention practices. After introducing the programme at five hospitals in Ethiopia, compliance with critical infection prevention standards significantly improved and the relative risk of ...
J. A. Forrester +16 more
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BACKGROUND: The number of cesarean deliveries has increased sharply worldwide over the last 3 decades. The World Health Organization recommends using the Robson classification as the best tool for monitoring and auditing cesarean delivery rates and to ...
Ulambayar Shinejil, MD, MSc +5 more
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Effect of delivery method on thyroid hormone levels at birth, a cross-sectional study [PDF]
Introduction: The effects of labor pain and hypoxia during delivery on the neonatal metabolic and endocrinological profile after birth, especially thyroid function hormones, are unknown.
Ava Nemati +4 more
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