background & aim: to decrease the rate of caesarean section, complicated intervention for changing behaviors are required. the present study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness education on anxiety, fear of delivery, pain catastrophizing, and selecting caesarean section as the delivery method among nulliparous pregnant women who referred to ziaeian hospital. methods & mat...

OBJECTIVE Caesarean section was initially performed to save the lives of the mother and/or her baby. Caesarean section rates have risen substantially worldwide over the past decades. In this study, we set out to compile all available caesarean section rates worldwide at the country level, and to identify the appropriate caesarean section rate at the population level associated with the minimal ...

Self Assessment Q1 When considering indications and categorisation of caesarean sections: a) Caesarean section caries an overall higher neonatal mortality compared with normal delivery? b) Recommended population caesarean section rates are less than 5%? c) Breech presentations should routinely be booked for a Category 4 caesarean section? d) A category 1 caesarean section should aim to be deliv...

OBJECTIVES To study the caesarean section rate and the trends in indications for caesarean delivery at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) during two study periods of 6 months each. MATERIALS AND METHODS The percentages of caesarean sections attributable to specific indications were computed for the first 6 months of 1998 and the last 6 months of 2001. Subgroup analysis of "less common indic...

BACKGROUND The caesarean section rate has risen rapidly in China. The purpose of this retrospective study was to estimate caesarean section rates and indications by hospital facility level in Mainland China to investigate reasons contributing to the high rate. METHODS This cross-sectional hospital-based study collected data from 39 hospitals in three geographical regions in China, covering 14...

BACKGROUND Internationally, repeat caesarean sections make the largest contribution to overall caesarean section rates and inter-hospital variation has been reported. The aim of this study was to determine if casemix and hospital factors explain variation in hospital rates of repeat caesarean sections and whether these rates are associated with maternal and neonatal morbidity. METHODS This po...

background: the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of two injections doses of magnesium sulfate for controlling and reducing hemodynamic changes caused by laryngoscopy and endotracheal intubation in pregnant women who were candidates for caesarean section with general anesthesia. methods: in this controlled randomized double-blind clinical trial, 165 pregnant women who were candidates...

Caesarean section rates are rising. Caesarean section confers an increase in maternal mortality and morbidity as well as having considerable financial implications. Caesarean section is usually justified by the assumed benefit for the fetus. These benefits are often unquantified and based on scanty evidence. The changing trends in the rates of caesarean section for various indications may be ex...

BACKGROUND Determinants of regional variation in caesarean sections can contribute explanations for the observed overall increasing trend of caesarean sections. We assessed which mechanism explains the higher rate of caesarean sections in the former West than East Germany: a more liberal use of caesarean sections in the case of relative indications or more common caesarean sections without indi...