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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Cesarean Delivery"”.
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Cesarean delivery on maternal request /
The caesarean section is one of the most frequently performed operations worldwide. Although it is generally considered a safe procedure with low morbidity and mortality rates, a caesarean section rate above 10% does not improve the mortality of mother and child, as stated by the World Health …
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Reducing Maternal Morbidity from Peripartum Hemorrhage in Cesarean Delivery
… descriptive, comparative design analysis of cesarean deliverypatients (<em>N</em> = 59,302) from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program during 2019-2022 was conducted. Descriptive and bivariate logistic regression were conducted to identify the factors …
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Predictors of Primary Elective Cesarean Delivery Among Apparently Healthy Pregnant Women in Virginia
… associated with the performance of a primary cesarean delivery rather than a spontaneous vaginal delivery among apparently healthy pregnant women in the Commonwealth of Virginia.Methods. This study utilized the 2004 Virginia Statistics File for Live Births which contained 103,830 records. From …
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Breastfeeding education and support needs for women after a cesarean delivery or epidural anesthesia
<p>Cesarean delivery and epidural anesthesia may require specific education and interventions for breastfeeding success. The objective of this study was to examine the prevalence of breastfeeding initiation and duration and explore specific breastfeeding needs for women who have had a Cesarean …
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Hemaglobinopathy and Pregnancy Outcomes: A Historical Cohort Study
… pre-eclampsia and preterm labor, and to undergo cesarean delivery than women with nutritional deficiency anemia, suggesting that there are other mechanisms beyond anemia that may be responsible for an increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes. The data suggested a synergistic effect of …
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Fetal Heart Monitoring, Nursing Surveillance, and Cesarean Birth
<p>Purpose: Birth by cesarean delivery is a major public health issue with nearly one in three births delivered by cesarean section. Cesarean birth may be necessary to save mother or baby, but the rapid rise since 1996 without concomitant reduction in maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality …
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Retrospective Descriptions of Relational Behaviors That Negatively Influenced Perinatal Perceptions During Traumatic Experiences Among Cesarean Birth Women
<p>Currently, cesarean births account for 24% of all births in the United States. Cesarean deliveries are known to have numerous emotional, psychological, and physical impacts on women, some of which are traumatic. However, past research has indicated that: 1) not all women who have cesarean …
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Doula Support as a Means to Improve Birth Outcomes for Minority Women
… Hmongs, and Alaskan Natives have higher rates of cesarean delivery, pre-term birth, fetal demise, perinatal laceration, and congenital abnormalities than their white counterparts. Continuous labor support by way of doula care has been recommended for all pregnant women as a means to prevent …
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The influence of body mass index on sensorimotor block and vasopressor requirement during spinal anaesthesia for elective caesarean section
… anesthesia (SA) is lower in obese patients for cesarean delivery. In this prospective, observational, non-inferiority study we tested the hypothesis that obesity would not have a clinically important effect on vasopressor requirements or block height. Methods: Two groups of 25 parturients, Group …
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Comparative Analysis of Techniques for Opening the Anterior Abdominal Wall in Cesarean Section: Misgav Ladach Vs. Pfannenstiel // Сравнителен анализ на техниките за отваряне на предна коремна стена при цезарово сечение: Misgav Ladach и Pfannenstiel
Cesarean section is a widely used method of operative delivery, and its increasing frequency necessitates optimisation of surgical techniques in order to reduce operative trauma, blood loss, and postoperative complications. The thesis aims to conduct a comparative analysis of the techniques for …
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An Analysis of Risk Factors Associated with High Rates of Cesarean Births in Three Selected Northeast Tennessee Hospitals.
… factors that may be linked to higher rates of cesarean sections in this region of Appalachia. Maternal age, race, insurance status, length of stay, and birth weight were evaluated to identify regional trends in the prevalence of these factors over a two-year period.</p> <p>There were 1,678 …
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Essays on malpractice law and physician behavior
… of care. I focus the analysis on the case of cesarean delivery and find robust evidence of convergence in cesarean section utilization, whereby as much as 40 - 60% of the gap between state and national cesarean rates is closed upon the abandonment of a locality rule. In Chapter 2, I estimate …
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Team-Based Care To Support Physiologic Birth: A Review Of Literature
… practice, electronic fetal monitoring (EFM), and cesarean delivery. Intermittent auscultation (IA) was considered proxy for physiologic birth practice and was examined in the research comparing IA to EFM. The data were organized according to major content area then synthesized to summarize the …
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Breastfeeding and Mothers with Chronic Health Conditions
… than the other two groups. Women who endured a cesarean delivery reported lower levels of PBS. Women who breastfed their last child longer reported higher levels of Breastfeeding Control (BFC) along with those who reported more positive breastfeeding experiences with their last child. The …
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Maternal enrollment in Medicaid and access to doula care: a mixed-method assessment
… health. Perinatal doula care can help reduce cesarean delivery and preterm birth rates, and reduce racial inequities among PPP. This has prompted growing interest by Medicaid to support doula services. The goal of this dissertation is to improve our understanding of Medicaid as a policy lever …
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A Retrospective Analysis To Determine If Obstructive Sleep Apnea During Pregnancy is a Predictor of Length of Stay in Women Who Delivered in a MilitaryTreatment Facility
… of stay (LOS) increased dramatically following delivery of a baby from 0.1 percent during 2003-2008 to 1.2 percent during 2008-2012. The exact cause(s) for this rise in the average LOS is unknown but it is likely a complex and multi-factorial one. A plausible explanation may be the increased …
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Sleep Disordered Breathing and Pregnancy: Prevalence and Outcomes at Delivery
… STOP-Bang to screen parturients presenting for delivery at a MTF to determine the general prevalence of SDB. Logistic regression on parturient data who screened positive, FFV (score ≥75) and STOP-Bang (score ≥ 3) was used to examine if higher rates of adverse pregnancy outcomes (gestational …
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Tuberculosis and hospitalization incidence postpartum among women living with HIV in Gugulethu, Western Cape, South Africa
… postpartum, due to the increased risk of Cesarean delivery (CD) and obstetric conditions as a result of HIV. The prevalence of TB among pregnant and postpartum women is poorly defined including in high prevalence TB and HIV locations, indicating limited evidence. The aim is to explore the …
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Essays in Health Economics
… and blood transfusion events during inpatient delivery in the United States. Our findings indicate that SMM and blood transfusion events continue to be prevalent and slowly but steadily increasing. Beneath this trend, substantial disparities based on race are observed. Black women who are …
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