Caesareans and low-risk women in Israel.
Randomised retrospective study of the rise in caesarean surgery among low-risk women between 1990 and 2000 at Hadassah Ein Kerem Labor and Delivery Unit in Jerusalem. The CS rate in low-risk women increased from 4 per cent to 10.5 per cent. Approximately 90 per cent of the population was low risk.
Judy Slome
JS
Cohain
Aviva
A
Yoselis
D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008429:Maternal Welfare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D014219:Trial of Labor