U.S. Report on Maternal Morbidity for Vaginal & Cesarean Delivery

by | May 24, 2015 | Cesarean Surgery

A “must read,” the CDC has published an analysis of severe maternal morbidity (transfusion, ruptured uterus, unplanned hysterectomy, Intensive Care Unit admission) in U.S. women according to mode of delivery and previous cesarean history. As the bar graphs from the report make clear, the glaringly obvious take-home is that clinicians should strive for vaginal birth whenever safely possible, whether that be a first vaginal birth or a VBAC.

 

 

 

 

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