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Article: Early neonatal outcomes: study shows elective cesarean riskier than vaginal delivery.(Obstetrics)
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- OB GYN News
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- May 1, 2004
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NEW ORLEANS -- Neonates born by elective cesarean section are at greater risk of poor outcomes than those born vaginally, and are also at greater risk than those born to women who intended to deliver vaginally but were converted to operative vaginal or cesarean delivery, according to a large retrospective cohort analysis.
Early neonatal outcomes were better among 3,134 patients who intended to deliver vaginally than among 117 patients who underwent elective cesarean delivery before the onset of labor, Dr. Nicholas S. Fogelson reported in a poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine.
Of the 3,134 patients who ...