Is Cesarean Section Justified in Low Birth Weight Premature Infants?
(2009 National Conference and Exhibition) –> Start | Browse by Session | Author Index 7266 Is Cesarean Section Justified in Low Birth Weight Premature Infants? Sunday, October 18, 2009: 8:30 AM Grand Ballroom North (Renaissance) Teresa del Moral, MD, MPH1, Nelson Claure, PhD1, Silvia Vanbuskirk, RN1, Victor H. Gonzalez-Quintero, MD, MPH2 and Eduardo Bancalari, MD1, (1)Pediatrics, University of Miami, Miami, FL, (2)Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Miami, Miami, FL During the past decade there has been an increasing rate of cesarean deliveries for very low birth weight (VLBW) infants, despite the lack of consistent evidence of benefit for the infant and the increased risk of maternal morbidity associated with cesarean section (C/S) at early gestation. Attempts to perform randomized trials to address this question have failed. Therefore the available data is mainly retrospective and often lacks information on important confounding variables. Purpose: To evaluate the impact of C/S
