In 2004 Mark Landon and his colleagues in the United States published ?Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes Associated with a Trial of Labor after Prior Cesarean Delivery,? which compared the risks of vaginal delivery and cesarean section for delivery of a fetus [2] after a previous cesarean delivery. During a cesarean section, a physician surgically removes a fetus [2] from a pregnant woman through...

In 1980 the US National Institutes of Health [3] (NIH) and the US National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) released a report titled, ?National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference Statement September 22?24, 1980.? The report lists recommendations for birth delivery through cesarean sections, a surgical procedure used to deliver the fetus [4] via the preg...

OBJECTIVE: to analyze trends in cesarean sections proportion and associated factors in Piauí State, Brazil, from 2000 to 2011. METHODS: this is a time series and cross-sectional study, with data of all institutional childbirths in primiparous, recorded on the Information System on Live Births (Sinasc). RESULTS: cesarean sections proportion increased from 34.4% in 2000 to 52.1% in 2011 (annu...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of parity on the relationship between pre-induction cervical length and the risk of Cesarean section in women undergoing induction of labor for prolonged pregnancy. METHODS In 382 singleton pregnancies, induction of labor was carried out at 41 + 3 to 42 + 1 weeks of gestation. The cervical length was measured by transvaginal sonography before induction. In 71 o...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of cesarean sections is increasing globally; however, it can lead to significant increases in maternal and infant morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to determine the rates and trends of cesarean sections in Iraq. METHODS The cesarean section rates of all births and public and private hospital-based births were calculated from the data on births provided by the...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of cesarean sections in a birth center of a hospital and identify factors associated. METHODS Cross-sectional study including medical records of 2,441 births assisted in a birth center in the city of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil, between March and April 2005. The dependent variable (type of delivery) included vaginal delivery and cesarean section. The in...

BACKGROUND In many countries, neuraxial blocks comprise the majority of anesthetics given for cesarean section. In Iran, however general anesthesia for cesarean section is prevalent. In our institution, the rate of general anesthesia for cesarean section is 39%, providing an opportunity to collect data regarding airway management in the parturients. We report on the outcomes of a series of pati...