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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/145291| Title: | Does the 10-15% caesarean section rate threshold endorsed by the World Health Organization in 1985 still apply to modern obstetrics in developed countries? The “ideal” caesarean section rate and the stillbirth and neonatal death perspective |
| Authors: | Muscat Baron, Yves |
| Keywords: | Cesarean section -- Statistics Cesarean section -- Standards Stillbirth Perinatal death World Health Organization |
| Issue Date: | 2016 |
| Publisher: | iMedPub |
| Citation: | Muscat Baron, Y. (2016). Does the 10-15% caesarean section rate threshold endorsed by the World Health Organization in 1985 still apply to modern obstetrics in developed countries? The “ideal” caesarean section rate and the stillbirth and neonatal death perspective. Critical Care Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2, 1:13 |
| Abstract: | In 1985 the World Health Organization stated “there is no justification for Caesarean Section Rates in any region to be higher than 10-15%”. The World Health Organization expert group drew its conclusions from a review of the limited data available from European countries that indicated good maternal and perinatal outcomes with the rate of Caesarean Sections of between 10-15%. Since then recent publications from the same organization have continued to re-iterate this statement. [excerpt] |
| URI: | http://obstetrics.imedpub.com/archive.php https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/145291 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacM&SOG |
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