News tagged with vaginal delivery
Study finds pregnant women with prior cesarean choose the delivery method preferred by their doctor
In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in Dallas, Texas, researchers will report findings that women who have undergone one prior delivery via ...
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Evolution offers clues to leading cause of death during childbirth
(Medical Xpress) -- Unusual features of the human placenta may be the underlying cause of postpartum hemorrhage, the leading cause of maternal deaths during childbirth, according to evolutionary research at the University ...
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Simulation training in obstetric clerkship improves medical students' examination scores
Medical students who practiced on a patient simulator before assisting in real-life vaginal deliveries scored significantly higher on their final examinations than did students receiving a lecture only at the start of an ...
Sep 02, 2011 |
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Review of 700,000 women reveals factors affecting vaginal birth after previous cesarean
A wide range of clinical and non-clinical factors can affect whether women go on to have a vaginal delivery after having a caesarean, according to two major reviews published in the August issue of the Journal of Advanced Nu ...
Jul 27, 2011 |
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Local efforts can stem the increasing unnecessary cesarean sections
Caesarean section rates are steadily increasing globally. Requiring two doctors to agree that a Caesarean section is the best way to deliver a baby, rather than just needing one opinion, providing internal feedback to doctors ...
Jul 26, 2011 |
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Women face several forms of urinary incontinence
Urinary incontinence is an awkward thing to talk about. It's an even more awkward thing to live with.
Jul 22, 2011 |
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Conglomeration of perinatal and neonatal conditions increase risk of autism
(Medical Xpress) -- In a new study published in Pediatrics, researchers reveal that in addition to possible genetic vulnerability and environmental factors, certain perinatal and neonatal conditions show as increased risk i ...
Jul 14, 2011 |
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Breaching the breech protocol: Researcher advocates returning to old-school methods for delivering breech babies
Most babies are delivered head-first, but in about 4% of all deliveries babies are "born breech" -- with their buttocks or feet first. Doctors usually exercise caution and use caesarean sections (C-sections) as the delivery ...
Oct 26, 2010 |
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Study finds high rate of c-sections after pelvic fractures
In research led by a Saint Louis University surgeon, investigators found that women who give birth after suffering pelvic fractures receive C-sections at more than double normal rates despite the fact that ...
Sep 23, 2010 |
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Coming to terms with the increase in caesarian sections
(PhysOrg.com) -- Caesarian sections are becoming more and more common in the United States. Does this increase matter to the mother? Her baby? Neonatologist Dr. Lucky Jain, says it does indeed matter.
Sep 15, 2010 |
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Regional differences in C-section rate not a result of maternal request
Fewer than two per cent of cesarean births in British Columbia were a result of maternal request, but the number of cesarean and assisted vaginal deliveries varied widely across health regions in B.C., according to a new ...
May 31, 2010 |
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Where physician completed obstetrical residency may provide quality-of-care indicator
A ranking of obstetrics and gynecology training programs based on the maternal complication rates of their graduates' patients found these rankings consistent across individual types of complications, suggesting that these ...
Sep 22, 2009 |
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Genetic changes after Caesarean section may explain increased risk of developing disease
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered that babies born by planned Caesarean section experience changes to the DNA pool in their white blood cells, which could be connected to altered stress ...
Jun 29, 2009 |
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'Push! breathe! eat!' -- snacks OK while in labour: study
Eating while in the throes of childbirth should no longer be a medical taboo, according to a study released Wednesday.
Mar 24, 2009 |
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