We reviewed the risks and benefits of vaginal and cesarean delivery to help frame the
inherent trade-offs that should be considered as part of the informed consent discussion …

Background Though the same types of complication were found in both elective cesarean
section (ElCS) and emergence cesarean section (EmCS), the aim of this study is to compare …

Background Cesarean delivery rates continue to increase worldwide and reached 57% in
Brazil in 2014. Although the safety of this surgery has improved in the last decades, this …

Background Globally the rates of caesarean section (CS) have steadily increased in recent
decades. This rise is not fully accounted for by increases in clinical factors which indicate the …

Background Surgical interventions occur at lower rates in resource-poor settings, and
complication and death rates following surgery are probably substantial but have not been …

Objectives Antenatal classes are a common method of preparation for birth with proven
efficiency in improving perinatal outcomes. Yet, their impact on fear perception during labour …

Abstract Background Measuring the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) has been the key to
verifying the evolution of health indicators worldwide. We analyse subnational GBD data for …

Background: Among contemporary human populations, rates of cesarean delivery vary
substantially, making it difficult to know if the procedure is inadequately available, or used …

BACKGROUND Currently, pregnant women are screened using ultrasound to perform
gestational aging, typically at around 12 weeks' gestation, and around the middle of …

Objetivo: el exceso de cesáreas aumenta el riesgo de morbimortalidad materna y perinatal.
Para disminuir la tasa de cesáreas y fijar una meta es necesario caracterizar …