Article: REPORT SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON BENEFITS, HARMS OF CESAREAN DELIVERIES; PROSPECTIVE MOTHERS URGED TO CAREFULLY WEIGH OPTION OF REQUEST

Article: Maternal mortality and severe morbidity associated with low-risk ...
Canadian Medical Association. Journal;  February 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... constituted a surrogate "planned cesarean group" considered to have ... vaginally. Results: The planned cesarean group comprised 46 766 ... morbidity associated with planned cesarean delivery are higher than ... 19 Historically, most cesarean deliveries took place because of ...

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 ... investigators were not able to distinguish between planned cesarean deliveries and cesarean deliveries that resulted from a failed trial of labor ...

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: Is planned cesarean childbirth a safe alternative?
Canadian Medical Association. Journal;  February 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... to some evidence that suggests that planned cesarean birth may reduce the risk of maternal ... delivery are other perceived benefits of planned cesarean birth. However, concern about the ... form a surrogate group for low-risk planned cesarean delivery, to be compared with a similar ...

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: Asthma associated with planned cesarean. (Large ...
OB GYN News;  May 15, 2003 ;     673 words ... ... WASHINGTON -- Babies delivered by planned cesarean section are significantly more likely ... Investigation. The association between planned cesarean section and childhood asthma hospitalizations ... the hospitals performed at least 100 planned cesarean sections over the study period. ...