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Reducing VBACS has no affect on mortality.

Publication: Special Delivery
Publication Date: 22-MAR-06
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Reducing VBACS has no affect on mortality.(vaginal births after cesarean deliveries)

Article Excerpt
There were no significant changes in infant and maternal mortality in California after the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommended vaginal births after cesarean delivery (VBAC) be performed only in settings with "immediately available" emergency care, according to a recent study published in the Annals of Family Medicine (1).

Over the past 10 years, the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) has gradually changed their recommendations on trials of labor after cesarean section to a more cautious stance. Up until about 1996, ACOG actually encouraged VBACs. In 1998 the college changed its stance to a more cautious one saying that VBACs should be attempted only where...

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