Article: Elective cesarean deliveries rose 20 percent in the U.S. between 1999 and 2001, according to research compiled by Health Grades Inc., which assesses health care quality.(Women's Health Snapshots)(Brief Article)

Article: Cesarean Deliveries for Lack of Progress in Labor.
OB/GYN Clinical Alert;  June 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Cesarean Deliveries for Lack of Progress in Labor ... labor is an important reason for cesarean deliveries and many of these procedures ... reason for 68% of unplanned cesarean deliveries. At least 16% of the women ...

Article: REPORT SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON BENEFITS, HARMS OF CESAREAN ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 29, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... number of such procedures, like cesarean deliveries generally, appears to be increasing ... often does not distinguish between cesarean deliveries done at the request of the mother ... emergency cesareans and planned cesarean deliveries. In addition, the evidence base ...

Article: Documenting indications for cesarean deliveries
Journal of Postgraduate Medicine;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...The rising rate of cesarean deliveries is a cause for concern. Toward ... identify the avoidable indications for cesarean deliveries. Attempts are made to assign indication for cesarean deliveries to one of the four or five categories ...

Article: Cesarean deliveries.(Shorts)(it's risk factors)
Townsend Letter: The Examiner of Alternative Medicine;  November 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Gynecology (April 2006). The number of cesarean deliveries has increased from 5.5% of US ... saving, this high percentage of cesarean deliveries is puzzling, given that vaginal ... prolapse are other justifications for cesarean deliveries--although several factors other ...

Article: Vaginal, cesarean deliveries result in same trauma ...
OB GYN News;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... occurs at the same rate in vaginal and cesarean deliveries, but the nature of the trauma is different ... not able to distinguish between planned cesarean deliveries and cesarean deliveries that resulted from a failed trial of ...

Article: No more excuses. (unnecessary cesarean deliveries)
Newsletter-People's Medical Society;  April 1, 1989 ;     700+ words ... ... againts the thousands of unneccesary cesarean deliveries performed every year, we've won ... strong guidelines stating that repeat cesarean deliveries should no longer be routine. According ... surgery. Maternal mortality for cesarean deliveries is about 1 in 2,500, according ...

Article: MORE WOMEN HAVING CESAREAN DELIVERIES
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle;  December 29, 2001 ;     691 words ... ... early 1990s many pregnant women shied away from having cesarean deliveries. It was the most dramatic drop in recent history, according ... trends track each other, women in this state have fewer cesarean deliveries. Women using United Medical Center in Cheyenne have about ...