Medicine

Cesarean birth in the United States: epidemiology, trends, and outcomes.

M. MacDorman, F. Menacker, E. Declercq

2008.6.1CLINICS IN PERINATOLOGY

DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2008.03.007

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Increases in primary cesareans in cases of "no indicated risk" have been more rapid than in the overall population and seem the result of changes in obstetric practice rather than changes in the medical risk profile or increases in "maternal request."

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MACDORMAN, M.; MENACKER, F.; DECLERCQ, E. Cesarean birth in the United States: Epidemiology, trends, and outcomes. CLINICS IN PERINATOLOGY, 2008, 35 2: 293–307,v.