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New tests would help lower perinatal transmission.(Practice Trends)
The HIV epidemic continues to expand in Africa and beyond, and will continue to infect women as well as men. Tens of millions of people are already infected worldwide, more than a million of them in the United States where about 7,000 HIV-infected women give birth each year.
Yet we have reasons to be optimistic. When it comes to treating the disease, we're nowhere near where we were 20 years ago--or even 10 years ago. In communities with access to care, prognoses have improved significantly. As obstetricians, we now have the tools that allow us to provide effective care for HIV-infected pregnant women and to reduce perinatal transmission. Because of our increasing ...
- Reduction of the Risk of Vertically Transmitted HIV by Cesarean Section.
- Magazine article from: Infectious Disease Alert August 15, 1999 700+ words
...of Vertically Transmitted HIV by Cesarean Section Abstract & commentary Synopsis: Elective cesarean section reduces the risk of transmission...uniform definition of elective cesarean section was used (i.e., one that was...
- Reduction of the Risk of Vertically Transmitted HIV by Cesarean Section.(Brief...
- Magazine article from: Infectious Disease Alert August 15, 1999 700+ words
...amp; COMMENTARY Synopsis: Elective cesarean section reduces the risk of transmission of...uniform definition of "elective" cesarean section was used (i.e., one that was...reduced approximately 50% with elective cesarean section as compared to other modes of delivery...
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- Magazine article from: Southern Medical Journal Connolly, Thomas February 1, 2003 700+ words
...particularly those requiring cesarean section. The objective of this survey...considerations for VTE prophylaxis and cesarean section. Methods: A survey regarding VTE prophylaxis and cesarean section was sent to 113 obstetricians...
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...to explore the safety of elective cesarean section performed because the woman requested...to be great enough to necessitate cesarean section--for example, when the baby is...of all U.S. births occurred as a cesarean section. Yet, it is virtually unknown how...
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- Newspaper article from: Special Delivery March 22, 2003 700+ words
...Health Statistics that show the 2001 cesarean section rate reached an all-time high of...all-time low of 16.4 percent. Cesarean section rates are off the charts and women...questionable promises. A woman considering cesarean section should be told that, compared to...
- Cesarean Section
- Reference information from: Medical Discoveries January 1, 1997 700+ words
Cesarean section Cesarean section is the removal of an unborn child from the uterus by means...abdominal wall. Originally practiced only on dead women, cesarean section today is a common and relatively safe birth method. Surgical...
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- Magazine article from: OB/GYN Clinical Alert March 1, 2001 700+ words
Is Cesarean Section Safer for Breeches than Vaginal...1042 patients) or a planned cesarean section (1041 patients). Of those scheduled...Of those assigned to elective cesarean section, 941 (90.4%) had this operation...
- Ultrasonographic Occiput Position in Early Labor in the Prediction of Cesarean...
- Magazine article from: OB/GYN Clinical Alert July 1, 2004 700+ words
...in Early Labor in the Prediction of Cesarean Section Abstract & Commentary Synopsis...occiput posterior relationship with Cesarean section is worth exploring. Source: Akmal...pelvis. Using the simple end point of Cesarean section, they then folded in a variety of...