To examine trends in repeat cesarean delivery, the characteristics of women who have
repeat cesareans, and the risk of neonatal mortality for repeat cesarean birth compared to …

Between 2000 and 2006, births by cesarean section (CS) increased from 21.2% to 26.3% in
Canada and reached greater than 30% in the United States. A prior CS is the primary …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to identify an appropriate population and a
balanced set of maternal and neonatal measures to drive a hospital network obstetric quality …

The indications of caesarean section are increasing. The need to respect maternal desire in
the decision making has been supported by law and ethics. Some of the other contributors to …

Objectives: The aims of this study were (1) to determine the success rate of induction of labor
(IOL) in women with a prior cesarean section (CS) and (2) to compare the perinatal outcome …

Background Rates of cesarean delivery are continuously increasing in industrialized
countries, with repeated cesarean accounting for about a third of all cesareans. Women who …

In medical practice, the doctrine of informed consent is generally understood to have priority
over the medical practitioner's duty of care to her patient. A common consequentialist …

Abstract Introduction: World Health Organization estimates that the appropriate caesarean
section rates should range from 10% to 15% at the population level. There is limited access …

Over the past several decades, the development of regional and national databases to track
vital statistics and hospital discharge codes has created large collections of patient data for …