2nd C-Section Not Always Needed, Panel Says
A government panel says doctors should rethink policies that have swung the pendulum back toward the days of "once a C-section, always a C-section." (Source: WDSU.com - Health)...
POSTED 03/11/2010 at 07:35 AM --
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Panel urges more choice in birth after C-section
A National Institutes of Health panel says vaginal birth after caesarean is reasonably safe and should be more widely available. Many hospitals ban the practice as a matter of policy or liability.
Vaginal birth after caesarean, or VBAC, is reasonably safe and should be more widely available, a National Institutes of Health advisory panel concluded Wednesday. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)...
POSTED 03/11/2010 at 02:00 AM --
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Panel urges more choice in birth after C-section
A National Institutes of Health panel says vaginal birth after caesarean is reasonably safe and should be more widely available. Many hospitals ban the practice as a matter of policy or liability.
Vaginal birth after caesarean, or VBAC, is reasonably safe and should be more widely available, a National Institutes of Health advisory panel concluded Wednesday. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)...
POSTED 03/11/2010 at 02:00 AM --
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C-Sections on the Rise: New Insight
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- "Once a C-section, always a C-section" seems to be taking hold as a mantra at medical facilities across the United States. (Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com)...
POSTED 03/10/2010 at 11:00 PM --
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Vaginal birth after cesarean underused: panel
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If you're pregnant and have had a cesarean section before, chances are you'll have one again. In at least one-third of US hospitals, a repeat cesarean is the only option, and nine in 10 women end up getting one -- a fact that had experts worried at a national conference this week on vaginal birth after cesarean, or VBAC. (Source: Reuters: Health)...
POSTED 03/10/2010 at 04:16 PM --
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NIH Panel: End Bans on Vaginal Birth after C-Section
An NIH panel of outside advisors urges a change to hospital rules and doctor guidelines that keep many women who've had a C-section from opting for a natural birth in later pregnancies. (Source: WebMD Health)...
POSTED 03/10/2010 at 04:13 PM --
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Panel Finds Many Women Can Avoid Repeat C-Sections
Vaginal delivery after Cesarean often safe, but roadblocks remain, experts say
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Cesarean Section, Childbirth (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)...
POSTED 03/10/2010 at 04:00 PM --
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New York Times Examines Factors Affecting VBAC Rates As NIH Conference Begins
The New York Times on Tuesday examined efforts to increase rates of vaginal births after caesarean sections at the Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation, a small hospital run by the Navajo Nation and financed partially by the Indian Health Services. According to the Times, the hospital "prides itself" on having higher VBAC rates and lower overall c-section rates than wealthier, more renowned hospitals. This week, NIH is hosting a conference to evaluate factors affecting the nation's low VBAC rate, which dropped significantly since a peak of 28.3% of births in 1996... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)...
POSTED 03/10/2010 at 05:00 AM --
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Measurement and characteristics of post-cesarean section pain and the relationship to limitation of physical activities
Conclusion: Post cesarean section pain was rated as moderate. The pain led to limitations of physical activities for sitting down, standing up, and walking.Objetivo: Medir y caracterizar el dolor después de una cesárea y verificar su relación con la limitación de actividades cotidianas. Métodos: Investigación descriptiva con 60 puérperas después de una cesárea. Para evaluar el dolor fueron usadas la Escala Numérica y el Cuestionario del Dolor McGill. Las limitaciones de actividades fueron evaluadas por un instrumento elaborado por las investigadoras. Resultados: El dolor después de la cesárea presenta mayores puntajes en los movimientos de sentarse y levantarse. El dolor es caracterizado como "incomodo", "que sujeta" y "que se estira". Todas las participantes relataron que el d......
POSTED 03/05/2010 at 08:50 AM --
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A rare case of postpartum hemorrhage caused by the rupture of a uterine artery pseudoaneurysm three months after cesarean delivery.
Authors: Hayata E, Matsuda H, Furuya K
Postpartum hemorrhage usually occurs immediately or several hours or days after delivery and almost always within 6 weeks. Rupture of a uterine artery pseudoaneurysm subsequent to a cesarean section is a rare cause of postpartum hemorrhage, and delayed postpartum hemorrhage from a pseudoaneurysm may be misdiagnosed as hypermenorrhea. Here we present an extremely rare case of massive postpartum hemorrhage three months after a cesarean section that was successfully treated using selective uterine artery embolization (UAE).A 24-year-old woman, gravida 1, para 1, delivered a healthy baby via emergency cesarean section at a local clinic, and three months later was transported by ambulance to our hospital because of persistent vaginal hemorrhage with a ......
POSTED 03/03/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection
A baby girl was delivered prematurely, at 30 weeks' gestation, by emergency cesarean section owing to deceleration and no acceleration on fetal heart-rate monitoring. In addition, she had severe intrauterine ... (Source: New England Journal of Medicine)...
POSTED 03/02/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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Impact of Labor on Outcomes in Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn: Population-Based Study
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Our study indicates that TTN is strongly related to elective cesarean section and low GA. Furthermore, the absence of exposure to labor contractions is associated with increased risk and severe course of TTN at term, with longer duration of oxygen supplementation. (Source: PEDIATRICS)...
POSTED 03/01/2010 at 10:02 AM --
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Staples Tied to Increase in C-Section Wound Complications
Major Finding: The wound separation rate was significantly higher at 17% in the staple group, compared with 5% in the suture group. (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)...
POSTED 02/28/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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Cochrane Data: Food, Water in Labor OK in Low-Risk Women
Major Finding: In women at low risk of needing general anesthesia during childbirth, there was no significant association with eating and drinking during labor and the rate of cesarean section, operative vaginal birth, or Apgar scores of less than 7 at 5 minutes. (Source: Ob.Gyn. News)...
POSTED 02/28/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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Let's Talk About The Incision Used For Tubal Reversal Surgery
Women on the message board at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center want to know how long the incision is that is used to untie the fallopian tubes. First, the length of the incision varies for each individual but is usually between two and three inches. You can see pictures of an actual incision in relation to the size of a quarter on the website. Generally if you have had a c-section the same incision line will be used if possible. The good news is that regardless of the length of the incision it will be almost invisible in six months time due to the expert skills of Dr. Gary Berger and Dr. Charles Monteith, the best tubal reversal doctors. (Source: Tubal Ligation Reversal News)...
POSTED 02/27/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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Gestational diabetes: Blood sugar levels once considered normal are not safe for baby, mother
Two to three times more pregnant women may soon be diagnosed and treated for gestational diabetes, based on new measurements for determining risky blood sugar levels for the mother and her unborn baby, according to a new study. Blood sugar levels that were once considered in the normal range are now seen as causing a sharp increase in the occurrence of overweight babies, early deliveries, cesarean section deliveries and potentially life-threatening preeclampsia. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)...
POSTED 02/27/2010 at 04:00 AM --
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Prenatal diagnosis of an intertwin membrane hematoma
We report a case of a 26-year-old woman, gravida 2, para 1, with a dichorionic diamniotic twin pregnancy at 33 weeks of gestation with a 1-day history of mild vaginal bleeding and irregular uterine activity. Ultrasonography showed 18 × 15 × 3-cm-sized complex hypoechoic mass located in the dividing intertwin membrane. Based on this finding, the diagnosis of an intertwin membrane hematoma was made. This unusual sonographic diagnosis was confirmed during the cesarean section. In the case of dichorionic twin pregnancy, partial placental abruption can lead to a subclinical intertwin membrane hematoma. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound, 2010 (Source: Journal of Clinical Ultrasound)...
POSTED 02/25/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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[How did I contract human Papillomavirus (HPV)?]
Authors: Gavillon N, Vervaet H, Derniaux E, Terrosi P, Graesslin O, Quereux C
More than 120 genotypes have been identified among the Papillomavirus (HPV) family. These viruses are ubiquitary with skin or mucous membrane tropism and cause various pathologies from wart to neoplasia. HPV family is classified according to their tropism. Genital HPV infection is considered as the most frequent sexually transmitted disease in the world. Seventy-five percent of women will be in contact with HPV at least one time in their life. HPV is usually transmitted through direct skin-to-skin contact, more often during penetrative genital contact. Other types of genital contact in the absence of penetration can lead to HPV infection, but those routes of transmission are much less common than sexual inter......
POSTED 02/24/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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Inconsistent Evidence: Analysis of Six National Guidelines for Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Section
Conclusions: VBAC guidelines are characterized by quasi-experimental evidence and consensus-based recommendations, which lead to wide variability in recommendations and undermine their usefulness in clinical practice. (BIRTH 37:1 March 2010) (Source: Birth)...
POSTED 02/23/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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Cesarean Section without Medical Reason, 1997 to 2006: A Swedish Register Study
The objective of this study was, first, to describe the prevalence of cesarean section without medical reason in terms of the diagnostic code listed in the Swedish Medical Birth Register, and to assess its contribution to the general increase in the number of cesarean sections; and second, to study regional differences and differences in the maternal characteristics of women having a cesarean birth with this diagnostic code.Methods: Birth records of 6,796 full-term cesarean sections in two Swedish regions with the diagnostic code O828 were collected from the Swedish Medical Birth Register. Descriptive data, t test, and logistic regression analysis were used to analyze data.Results: The rate of cesarean sections without medical indication increased threefold during the 10-year period, but t......
POSTED 02/23/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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