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The influence of mother’s personality on the decision about the elective cesarean section: a pilot study with a sample of 16 new mothers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
To investigate the psychological profile of a sample of new mothers, who requested an elective caesarean section (CS), compared with a group of women who had a CS in emergency.
ACETI, Franca   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Primigravid Women's Views of Being Approached to Participate in a Hypothetical Term Cephalic Trial of Planned Vaginal Birth versus Planned Cesarean Birth [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
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
core   +1 more source

Health implications resulting from the timing of elective cesarean delivery

open access: yesReproductive Biology and Endocrinology, 2010
Background The literature is nearly unanimous in recommending elective cesarean delivery at 39 weeks of gestation because of the lower rates of neonatal respiratory complications compared to 38 weeks.
Shalev Eliezer, Salim Raed
doaj   +1 more source

The Relationship Between Socioeconomic Status and the Prevalence of Elective Cesarean Section in Nulliparous Women in Niknafs Teaching Centre in Rafsanjan, Iran [PDF]

open access: yesWomen’s Health Bulletin, 2014
Background: In the recent decades, the high rate of cesarean section is increased worldwide along with critical concerns about its primary benefits. Many researchers showed the positive relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and the prevalence ...
Majid Davari   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Elective versus Emergency Cesarean Sections : Mother and Fetal Outcome

open access: yesIndonesian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2021
Objective: To compare the outcomes of mothers and newborns in emergency cesarean section and elective cesarean section. Methods: A prospective cohort study included 120 pregnant women consists of 60 women who performed an emergency cesarean section and ...
Christofer J. H. Ladja   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Puerperal Complications Following Elective Cesarean Sections for Twin Pregnancies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the maternal puerperal morbidity in elective and emergent cesareans in twins. STUDY DESIGN: We evaluated postpartum complications among patients who underwent elective cesarean birth for twin pregnancy.
Aboim, L   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Women’s preferences and mode of delivery in public and private hospitals: a prospective cohort study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background Rates of caesarean section have steadily increased in most middle- and high-income countries over the last few decades without medical justification.
Althabe, Fernando   +11 more
core   +3 more sources

Clean Cut (adaptive, multimodal surgical infection prevention programme) for low‐resource settings: a prospective quality improvement study

open access: yesBJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
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
wiley   +1 more source

Cost-effectiveness of antibiotic prophylaxis in elective cesarean section

open access: yesCost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2018
Background The proportion of pregnant women delivered by cesarean section has increased steadily during the past three decades. The risk of infection is 10-fold augmented after elective cesarean section compared to vaginal delivery.
Markus H. Jansson   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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