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Cesarean Rates Vary Ten-fold Among US Hospitals; Reducing Variation May Address Quality & Cost Issues

by faithgibson March 18, 2013

2013 Project HOPE—The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.1030 HEALTH AFFAIRS 32, NO. 3 (2013): 527–535, By Katy Backes Kozhimannil, Michael R. Law, and Beth A. Virnig QUOTE: In the context of childbirth, better care co-ordination could include more effective risk- based triage for maternity care. Such triage could take the form of high-risk hospitals with the […]

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Increased risk of placenta accreta following primary elective caesarean delivery: a case-controlled study

by faithgibson March 4, 2013

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 03/04/2013 Conclusion: Compared with primary emergency caesarean section, primary elective caesarean section significantly increased the risk of placenta accreta in a subsequent pregnancy in the presence of *placenta praevia (OR 3.00; 95% CI 1.47–6.12; P = 0.025). *editor’s note: Obviously, follow-up studies on women with previas (all of whom had […]

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Study indicates vaginal births but not C-sections trigger brain-protecting proteins in babies

by faithgibson March 2, 2013

BY SHARON KIRKEY, POSTMEDIA NEWS AUGUST 9, 2012 Some experts say that changing demographics – older first-time mothers, more twin births from fertility treatments, more mothers with hypertension, diabetes, obesity and other health problems – are not enough to explain an almost doubling in the C-section rate since the early 1990s. The popularity of C-sections may carry a […]

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Hybrid Operating Room at North Shore University Hospital Uses Imaging to Aid in High-Risk Deliveries

by faithgibson February 27, 2013

Synopsis of comments about this article by Linda B, a retired midwife, who originally posted this link on a California midwives’ email group: Because…there are fewer vaginal deliveries…. because we put more scars on more uteri… because just doing that increases the risk of mothers dying of a placenta accretas or percreta (most sever form […]

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Amnesty International report “Deadly Delivery: The Maternal Health Care Crisis in the USA”

by faithgibson February 16, 2013

Link to full report –> http://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/deadlydeliveryoneyear.pdf May 7, 2011 The Maternal Health Care Crisis in the USA One Year Update, Spring 2011 On March 12, 2010, Amnesty International issued a report entitled Deadly Delivery: The Maternal Health Care Crisis in the USA, which documented that although the United States spends more on health care than […]

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