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Caesarean section for non‐medical reasons at term

Overview of attention for article published in Cochrane database of systematic reviews, March 2012
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  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (76th percentile)

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Title
Caesarean section for non‐medical reasons at term
Published in
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, March 2012
DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd004660.pub3
Pubmed ID
Authors

Tina Lavender, G Justus Hofmeyr, James P Neilson, Carol Kingdon, Gillian ML Gyte

Abstract

Caesarean section rates are progressively rising in many parts of the world. One suggested reason is increasing requests by women for caesarean section in the absence of clear medical indications, such as placenta praevia, HIV infection, contracted pelvis and, arguably, breech presentation or previous caesarean section. The reported benefits of planned caesarean section include greater safety for the baby, less pelvic floor trauma for the mother, avoidance of labour pain and convenience. The potential disadvantages, from observational studies, include increased risk of major morbidity or mortality for the mother, adverse psychological sequelae, and problems in subsequent pregnancies, including uterine scar rupture and a greater risk of stillbirth and neonatal morbidity. The differences in neonatal physiology following vaginal and caesarean births are thought to have implications for the infant, with caesarean section potentially increasing the risk of compromised health in both the short and the long term. An unbiased assessment of advantages and disadvantages would assist discussion of what has become a contentious issue in modern obstetrics.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Canada 3 <1%
United Kingdom 3 <1%
Brazil 2 <1%
Italy 1 <1%
Ireland 1 <1%
South Africa 1 <1%
Denmark 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 587 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 95 16%
Student > Master 91 15%
Researcher 62 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 45 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 35 6%
Other 102 17%
Unknown 170 28%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 207 35%
Nursing and Health Professions 75 13%
Social Sciences 31 5%
Psychology 24 4%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 21 4%
Other 46 8%
Unknown 196 33%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 22. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 January 2020.
All research outputs
#1,702,509
of 25,457,297 outputs
Outputs from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#3,632
of 11,499 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#9,192
of 169,202 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#41
of 177 outputs
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