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Article: OBSTETRICS.(Risk of uterine rupture during labor among women with a prior cesarean delivery)
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- JAAPA-Journal of the American Academy of Physicians Assistants
- Article date:
- October 1, 2001
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Risk of uterine rupture during labor among women with a prior cesarean delivery
Lydon-Rochelle M, Holt VL, Easterling TR, Martin DP. N Engl J Med. 2001 ;345(1):3-8.
Each year, 60% of women in the United States who become pregnant after having had a prior cesarean delivery attempt labor, risking uterine rupture, a serious obstetric complication, This longitudinal, population-based, retrospective cohort study assessed the incidence and risk of uterine rupture during a second delivery among women who have had prior cesarean section, based on data from the Washington State Birth Event Record from 1987 to 1996 (n = 20,095). Three delivery groups--spontaneous ...