BACKGROUND Suitable analgesia after cesarean section helps mothers to be more comfortable and increases their mobility and ability to take better care of their infants. OBJECTIVES Pain relief properties of ketamine prescription were assessed in women with elective cesarean section who underwent spinal anesthesia with low dose intravenous ketamine and midazolam and intravenous midazolam alone....

Much has been written about the rise in Caesarean section rates seen worldwide and in Ireland. The recent ESRI paper 1 suggested that physician behaviour might be an important factor in Ireland. The study concluded that changes in maternal characteristics accounted for only about half of the increase in Caesarean section rates but it did not include maternal obesity in the analysis (the data ar...

BACKGROUND The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative aims at protecting, promoting, and supporting breastfeeding. Cesarean section is known to represent an obstacle to breastfeeding. In this observational study we compared Baby-Friendly and non-Baby-Friendly hospitals (BFHs and non-BFHs, respectively) in terms of cesarean section rate. MATERIALS AND METHODS Italian BFHs were compared with non-BFH...

abstract background: the number of women who select cesarean section due to fear of childbirth has increased. role play education seems to be a helpful method to remove or reduce the fear of childbirth. therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effect of role play education on primiparous women’s fear of natural delivery and their decision on the mode of delivery. materials and methods: in...

only marginally increased among women undergoing a trial of labor2 than among those undergrant an elective repeat cesarean section (0.4% vs 0.2% OR=2.1), with a significant decrease in need for transfusion (OR=0.57) or hysterectomy (OR=0.39), has led authorities to encourage vaginal birth after cesarean3. A group of investigators concluded4 that among women with a previously scarred uterus, ind...

OBJECTIVE To determine if "early rupture of membranes" (early ROM) during induction of labor is associated with an increased risk of cesarean section in term nulliparas. STUDY DESIGN The rate of cesarean section and the timing of ROM during the course of labor were examined in term singleton nulliparas whose labor was induced. Cases were divided into 2 groups according the timing of ROM: 1)"e...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to estimate the incidence of adhesions after cesarean deliveries and to determine their impact on delivery and infant well-being. STUDY DESIGN This was a retrospective cohort analysis with chart review. The charts of 542 women who had undergone primary (265 women) or repeat cesarean (277 women) deliveries were reviewed. The incidence, severity, and loca...

Lactulose is a non-digestible disaccharide formed from fructose and galactose. The objective of this study was to assess the effect of lactulose on gastrointestinal function after cesarean section. One hundred patients who underwent cesarean section at the Japanese Red Cross Katsushika Maternity Hospital were enrolled in this study. They were divided into 2 groups by randomization: (1) an L gro...