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Cesarean Birth in the United States: Epidemiology, Trends, and Outcomes
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Increases in primary cesareans in cases of "no indicated risk" have been more rapid than in the overall population and seem the result of changes in obstetric practice rather than changes in the medical risk profile or increases in "maternal request."About:
This article is published in Clinics in Perinatology.The article was published on 2008-06-01. It has received 445 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Population.read more
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Weight Gain During Pregnancy: Reexamining the Guidelines
TL;DR: The IOM's Food and Nutrition Board and the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education Board on Children, Youth, and Families as mentioned in this paper reviewed and updated the IOM (1990) recommendations for weight gain during pregnancy and recommend ways to encourage their adoption through consumer education, strategies to assist practitioners, and public health strategies.
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Evidence for overuse of medical services around the world
Shannon Brownlee,Kalipso Chalkidou,Jenny Doust,Adam G Elshaug,Paul Glasziou,Iona Heath,Somil Nagpal,Vikas Saini,Divya Srivastava,Kelsey Chalmers,Deborah Korenstein +10 more
TL;DR: Overuse of unneeded services can harm patients physically and psychologically, and can harm health systems by wasting resources and deflecting investments in both public health and social spending, which is known to contribute to health.
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Indications contributing to the increasing cesarean delivery rate.
Emma L. Barber,Lisbet S. Lundsberg,Kathleen Belanger,Christian M. Pettker,Edmund F. Funai,Jessica L. Illuzzi +5 more
TL;DR: Among primary cesarean deliveries, more subjective indications (nonreassuring fetal status and arrest of dilation) contributed larger proportions than more objective indications (malpresentation, maternal-fetal, and obstetric conditions).
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The Epidemiology of Postpartum Hemorrhage in a Large, Nationwide Sample of Deliveries
TL;DR: PPH caused by uterine atony resulting in transfusion often occurs in the absence of recognized risk factors and is associated with substantial maternal morbidity and mortality.
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Cesarean Section and Chronic Immune Disorders
TL;DR: Cesarean delivery exemplifies a shared environmental risk factor in early life associating with several chronic immune diseases, including asthma, systemic connective tissue disorders, juvenile arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, immune deficiencies, and leukemia.
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Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in the United States, 1999-2004
Cynthia L. Ogden,Margaret D. Carroll,Lester R. Curtin,Margaret McDowell,Carolyn J. Tabak,Katherine M. Flegal +5 more
TL;DR: These estimates suggest that the increases in body weight are continuing in men and in children and adolescents while they may be leveling off in women; among women, no overall increases in the prevalence of obesity were observed.
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Prevalence and Trends in Obesity Among US Adults, 1999-2000
TL;DR: The increases in the prevalences of obesity and overweight previously observed continued in 1999-2000, and increases occurred for both men and women in all age groups and for non-Hispanic whites, non- Hispanic blacks, and Mexican Americans.
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Maternal morbidity associated with multiple repeat cesarean deliveries
Robert M. Silver,Mark B. Landon,Dwight J. Rouse,Kenneth J. Leveno,Catherine Y. Spong,Elizabeth Thom,Atef H. Moawad,Steve N. Caritis,Margaret Harper,Ronald J. Wapner,Yoram Sorokin,Menachem Miodovnik,Marshall W. Carpenter,Alan M. Peaceman,Mary Jo O'Sullivan,Baha M. Sibai,Oded Langer,John M. Thorp,Susan M. Ramin,Brian M. Mercer +19 more
TL;DR: The number of intended pregnancies should be considered during counseling regarding elective repeat cesarean operation versus a trial of labor and when debating the merits of elective primary cESarean delivery.
Births: final data for 2005.
TL;DR: The cesarean delivery rate climbed to more than 30 percent of all births, another all-time high; the twin birth rate was unchanged and the rate of triplet and higher order multiple births declined for the 7th consecutive year.
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Rates of caesarean section: analysis of global, regional and national estimates.
Ana Pilar Betrán,Mario Merialdi,Jeremy A. Lauer,Wang Bing-Shun,Jane Thomas,Paul F.A. Van Look,Marsden Wagner +6 more
TL;DR: The analysis suggests a strong inverse association between CS rates and maternal, infant and neonatal mortality in countries with high mortality levels, and there is some suggestion of a direct positive association at lower levels of mortality.
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