Caesarean Delivery and Postpartum Maternal Mortality: A Population-Based Case Control Study in Brazil.

BACKGROUND:Cesarean delivery rates continue to increase worldwide and reached 57% in Brazil in 2014. Although the safety of this surgery has improved in the last decades, this trend is a concern because it carries potential risks to women's health and may be a modifiable risk factor of maternal...

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Main Authors: Ana Paula Esteves-Pereira, Catherine Deneux-Tharaux, Marcos Nakamura-Pereira, Monica Saucedo, Marie-Hélène Bouvier-Colle, Maria do Carmo Leal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4830588?pdf=render