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Cesarean for low-risk pregnant women increases babies' death risk Posted on Wednesday, August 30, 2006 (EST)
Pregnant women at low risk are being advised to go for a natural birth, for a new study has found that for mothers at low risk, infant and neonatal mortality rates are higher among infants delivered by caesarean section than for those delivered vaginally.
Washington, Aug 30: Pregnant women at low risk are being advised to go for a natural birth, for a new study has found that for mothers at low risk, infant and neonatal mortality rates are higher among infants delivered by caesarean section than for those delivered vaginally.
The study was carried out by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US who analyzed over 5.7 million live births and nearly 12,000 infant deaths over a four-year period.
They found that in general, neonatal mortality rates among infants delivered by caesarean section were more than double of those for vaginal deliveries, even after adjustment for socio-demographic and medical risk factors.
Lead researcher Marian MacDorman said that the findings were a cause for concern for doctors and policy makers who had seen an overall increase of 41 percent in the number of caesarean births between 1996 and 2004, while the rate among women with no indicated risk for caesarean delivery (term births with no indicated medical risk factors or complications of labor and delivery) nearly doubled.
"These findings should be of concern for clinicians and policy makers who are observing the rapid growth in the number of primary caesareans to mothers without a medical indication," she said.
Although the neonatal mortality rate for this group of low-risk women remains low regardless of the method of delivery, the resulting increase in the caesarean rate may inadvertently be putting a larger population of babies at risk for neonatal mortality, the study found.
The study is published in the journal Birth: Issues in Prenatal Care. (ANI)
Cesarean for low-risk pregnant women increases babies' death risk Posted on Wednesday, August 30, 2006 (EST)
Pregnant women at low risk are being advised to go for a natural birth, for a new study has found that for mothers at low risk, infant and neonatal mortality rates are higher among infants delivered by caesarean section than for those delivered vaginally.
Washington, Aug 30: Pregnant women at low risk are being advised to go for a natural birth, for a new study has found that for mothers at low risk, infant and neonatal mortality rates are higher among infants delivered by caesarean section than for those delivered vaginally.
The study was carried out by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US who analyzed over 5.7 million live births and nearly 12,000 infant deaths over a four-year period.
They found that in general, neonatal mortality rates among infants delivered by caesarean section were more than double of those for vaginal deliveries, even after adjustment for socio-demographic and medical risk factors.
Lead researcher Marian MacDorman said that the findings were a cause for concern for doctors and policy makers who had seen an overall increase of 41 percent in the number of caesarean births between 1996 and 2004, while the rate among women with no indicated risk for caesarean delivery (term births with no indicated medical risk factors or complications of labor and delivery) nearly doubled.
"These findings should be of concern for clinicians and policy makers who are observing the rapid growth in the number of primary caesareans to mothers without a medical indication," she said.
Although the neonatal mortality rate for this group of low-risk women remains low regardless of the method of delivery, the resulting increase in the caesarean rate may inadvertently be putting a larger population of babies at risk for neonatal mortality, the study found.
The study is published in the journal Birth: Issues in Prenatal Care. (ANI)
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