News tagged with cesarean section

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Anesthesia increases success rates of turning breech babies, reduces delivery costs, study finds

(Medical Xpress)—When a baby is in the breech position at the end of pregnancy, obstetricians can sometimes turn the baby head-down to enable a safer vaginal birth. In the past, women were not given anesthesia during the ...

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Pregnant women's likelihood of cesarean delivery in Massachusetts linked to choice of hospitals

There is wide variation in the rate of cesarean sections performed at different hospitals across the U.S. and one explanation has been that hospitals with higher c-section rates serve greater numbers of women at high risk ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Mar 18, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds planned C-sections provide no advantage over planned vaginal birth of twins

In a study to be presented on February 14 at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in San Francisco, researchers will report findings that suggest that planned birthing of twins ...

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Single vaginal delivery ups later risk of pelvic organ prolapse

(HealthDay)—Twenty years after childbirth, the risk of symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse (sPOP) is increased after a single vaginal delivery versus cesarean section, according to a study published online ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Nov 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Risk of post-cesarean infection up for overweight, obese

(HealthDay)—About 10 percent of U.K. women who undergo cesarean section develop a surgical site infection, with the odds significantly increased for overweight or obese women, according to a study published ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Sep 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

OASIS risk up for nulliparous women with vacuum delivery

(HealthDay)—For women whose infants are delivered by vacuum extraction, the risk of obstetric anal sphincter injury (OASIS) is significantly higher among nulliparous women than multiparous women, according ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Aug 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Timing of antibiotics important in reducing infections after C-section

Giving antibiotics before cesarean section surgery rather than just after the newborn's umbilical cord is clamped cuts the infection rate at the surgical site in half, according to researchers at Washington University School ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Aug 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

C-sections a measure of ethnic, economic disparities

(Medical Xpress) -- University of Arizona sociologist Louise Roth says the increasing number of cesarean deliveries negatively impacts the health of women and their children and health-care costs.

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Unnecessary labor induction increases risk of complications: study

A University of Adelaide study has revealed that inducing labor in pregnant women when it's not medically necessary is more likely to result in complications at birth.

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New labor-tracking tool proposed to reduce C-sections in first-time moms

Researchers have designed a new version of a labor-tracking tool for pregnant women that they predict could reduce the use of hormonal intervention during labor and lower the number of cesarean sections performed on low-risk, ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Unnecessary induction of labor increases risk of cesarean section and other complications

A new study published in the journal Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica reveals that induction of labor at term in the absence of maternal or fetal indications increases the risk of cesarean section and other ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds pregnant women with prior cesarean choose the delivery method preferred by their doctor

In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in Dallas, Texas, researchers will report findings that women who have undergone one prior delivery via ...

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Increased risk of developing asthma by age of 3 after cesarean section

A new study supports previous findings that children delivered by cesarean section have an increased risk of developing asthma. The study from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) suggests that children delivered ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Too posh to push? More C-sections on demand in UK

(AP) -- Pregnant women in Britain, where the government provides free health care, may soon be able to get a cesarean section on demand thanks to a rule change that critics describe as the health system caving ...

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Local efforts can stem the increasing unnecessary cesarean sections

Caesarean section rates are steadily increasing globally. Requiring two doctors to agree that a Caesarean section is the best way to deliver a baby, rather than just needing one opinion, providing internal feedback to doctors ...

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