Cesarean section without medical indication is cited as a factor in the increase in the rate of
cesarean delivery in modern obstetric practice. Individual obstetricians often express strong …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of increasing birth weight on
the success rates for a trial of labor in women with one previous cesarean delivery. Study …

PERSPECTIVE n engl j med 356; 9 www. nejm. org march 1, 2007 886 needed to treat in
order to prevent one adverse outcome was larger). The second half of the 20th century saw …

OBJECTIVE To examine physician-documented indications for cesarean delivery in order to
investigate the specific indications contributing to this increase. METHODS We analyzed …

Objective To evaluate the reproductive outcome and the mode of delivery in subsequent
pregnancies after instrumental vaginal delivery in theatre or caesarean section at full …

While c-section births pose a higher risk of maternal death and medical complications, can
have negative future reproductive consequences for the mother, increase the recovery time …

In this rare, behind-the-scenes look at what goes on in hospitals across the country, a
longtime medical insider and international authority on childbirth assesses the flawed …

The philosophy of “evidence‐based medicine”—basing medical decisions on evidence from
randomized controlled trials and other forms of aggregate data rather than on clinical …

Objectives—This report presents trends in cesarean rates for first births and repeat cesarean
rates for low-risk women, in relation to the Healthy People 2010 (HP 2010) objectives. Data …