introduction: apgar score evaluation is a common method to evaluate physiological changes of newborns and can help to predict the neonatal life chance. this study was conducted to determine the apgar score of newborns with two methods of vaginal delivery and spinal anesthesia and its relationship with the associated factors in gorgan health care facility. materials and methods: a cross-sectiona...

OBJECTIVES The opinions of Brazilian women regarding vaginal delivery and cesarean sections was studied. METHODS Six hundred and fifty-six women who had given birth in seven hospitals in São Paulo and Pernambuco, using the Public Health Service, were interviewed. The opinions of women who had delivered only by cesarean section was compared with those of women who had had at least one vaginal ...

BACKGROUND Obstetricians in developing countries appear generally reluctant to conduct vaginal delivery in women with a previous Cesarean because of lack of adequate facilities for optimal fetomaternal monitoring. OBJECTIVE To describe delivery outcomes among women with one previous Cesarean section at a tertiary hospital in Southeast Nigeria. METHODS This was a prospective observational st...

in this descriptive study, we investigated how mother and infant rooming method after delivery are implementing in academic hospitals of tehran university of medical sciences in 1993. in this research, fifteen wards include post delivery ward, surgical ward that mothers after cesarean section hospitalized in them and jointed ward that mothers who underwent cesarean section and normal vaginal de...

OBJECTIVE To assess our prospective mother-child cohort and the national registry data to analyze the risk of asthma by delivery mode and whether cesarean delivery before or after membrane rupture affects this risk differently. STUDY DESIGN The Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood2000 is a high-risk birth cohort of 411 Danish children. Asthma was diagnosed prospectively by ph...

KEY FINDINGS The highest percentages of births occurred during the morning and midday hours. Births on Saturday and Sunday were more likely to occur in the late evening and early morning hours than births Monday through Friday. Compared with induced vaginal deliveries and noninduced vaginal deliveries, cesarean deliveries were the least likely to occur during the evening and early morning. Noni...

background: we investigated the rate of vaginal childbirth and cesarean and its causes in maternity wards of imam khomeini educational hospital in ahwaz the capital city of khuzestan province and al- hadi hospital in shoostar as a traditional city. methods: in this comparative descriptive study data were obtained from medical records of birth deliveries in six months (march to september) in yea...

Cesarean delivery on maternal request is defined as a prelabor cesarean delivery on maternal request in the absence of any maternal or fetal indications. There are many reasons underlying why women may desire this type of delivery versus planned vaginal delivery: anxiety over the birthing process, concern for perineal trauma during vaginal delivery, potential for urinary incontinence or pelvic ...

BACKGROUND Interleukin-6 (IL-6) has a major role in hematopoiesis, immune and acute phase response and its serum level seems to be associated with the mode of delivery. The purpose of this study was to compare the level of IL-6 in mothers who delivered via cesarean section and vaginally. METHODS This cross-sectional study was done on 40 mothers with vaginal delivery and 40 mothers with electi...