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Article: A high prevalence of caesarean section rate in East Delhi.(Short Article)(Report)
- Article from:
- Indian Journal of Community Medicine
- Article date:
- July 1, 2007
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Byline: S. Bhasin, O. Rajoura, A. Sharma, Mukta. Metha, Naveen. Gupta, Shishir. Kumar, I. Joshi
Pregnancy and delivery are considered as normal physiological states in women. Of all deliveries, approximately 10% are considered high-risk, some of which may require caesarean section. Of late, the incidence of caesarean section is steadily rising. In the last few decades, the caesarean rates have increased dramatically in the developed world.[sup] [1] Amongst developing counties like Brazil[sup] and China also, the caesarean section rates have sky-rocketed. In India, data collected from 30 medical colleges/ teaching hospital revealed that caesarean section rates ...
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