Intra- and Extrauterine F tation at Full Term: Caesarean Section (Porro)

Caesarean section at full cervical dilatation.

BACKGROUND Caesarean section at full cervical dilatation has many implications for maternal and neonatal morbidity as well as subsequent pregnancy outcomes. However, increasing trends are reported internationally for second-stage caesarean delivery. OBJECTIVES To review the rate and indication for a caesarean section at full dilatation over a 5-year period at a tertiary referral obstetric cen...

Perinatal consequences of a category 1 caesarean section at term

OBJECTIVE To characterise maternal demographics, obstetric risk factors and neonatal outcomes associated with term category 1 caesarean sections (CS). DESIGN AND SETTING AND MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Retrospective study of term singleton pregnancies delivering at a major tertiary unit in Brisbane, Australia. Category 1 CS were defined as one that required a decision-to-delivery time interval of <...

Full-term extrauterine abdominal pregnancy: a case report

INTRODUCTION Extrauterine abdominal pregnancy is extremely rare and is frequently missed during antenatal care. This is a report of a full-term extrauterine abdominal pregnancy in a primigravida who likely had a ruptured ectopic pregnancy with secondary implantation and subsequently delivered a healthy baby. CASE PRESENTATION A 23-year-old, Middle Eastern, primigravida presented at 14 weeks g...

Interesting Case of Cæsarean Section at Full Term

Foetal acid-base balance at Caesarean section.

Sir,—In the Correspondence section of the Journal (1972, 44, 233) Dr Marx mentioned that foetal acid-base values obtained from umbilical artery blood at Caesarean sections did not correlate with the condition of the newborn infant at birth. I should like to provide evidence that acid-base values of umbilical artery blood are not reliable at Caesarean sections under general anaesthesia. We measu...