Correlation of Cesarean rates to maternal and infant mortality rates: an ecologic study of official international data Correlación de la tasa de cesáreas con las tasas de mortalidad materna e infantil: estudio ecológico basado en datos oficiales internacionales

Correlation of Cesarean rates to maternal and infant mortality rates: an ecologic study of official international data Correlación de la tasa de cesáreas con las tasas de mortalidad materna e infantil: estudio ecológico basado en datos oficiales internacionales

OBJECTIVE: To correlate international official data on Cesarean delivery rates to infant and maternal mortality rates and low weight-at-birth rates; and to test the hypothesis that Cesarean rates greater than 15% correlate to higher maternal and infant mortality rates. METHODS: Analyses were based o...

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Main Author: Fernando Madalena Volpe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pan American Health Organization 2011-05-01
Series:Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
Subjects:
Mortalidad infantil
mortalidad materna
mortalidad neonatal
cesárea
peso al nacer
Infant mortality
maternal mortality
neonatal mortality
Cesarean section
birth weight
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