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Do Hospital Layouts Impact the Rate of Cesarean Deliveries?
A recent study revealed that hospital design and layouts can have an impact on whether cesarean deliveries are ordered during the birthing process. According to Fast Times, the study conducted by Ariadne Labs, a health system innovation center, and MASS Design Group, looked into the physical designs of hospital labor and delivery units, and whether they could lead to a higher rate of cesarean deliveries. The researchers reviewed a dozen hospitals and birth centers in the U.S., compiling data such as distance between labor and delivery rooms (LDRs), number of available rooms, as well as healthcare data. We highly suggest you read the study overview at the source link below for further details. It found that there may be a correlation between higher ratios of operating rooms (ORs) to labor and delivery rooms (LDRs), and higher cesarean rates, as access to more ORs may to lead to higher numbers of procedures….
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C-section Results in Fatal Birth Injury
Doctors all over the world regularly perform cesarean sections every day, usually without any problems due to advances in modern medicine. However, an infant born at Shaktinagar District Hospital in India died last month due to a slip of the doctor’s surgical knife during a C-section. The surgeon cut a one-inch deep gash on the newborn’s head. According to The Times of India, the mother’s family filed a complaint with police, but the doctor states that the electricity went off in the operating room at the time that he made his surgical mistake. The surgeon admits that he did wound the baby with his surgical knife, and he reported following protocol by stitching the wound, administering saline and giving the newborn oxygen. However, the infant died that night. The superintendent of the hospital provides a differing account of the power outage, since he states that the power was never out…
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Study Finds C-Sections Deliveries Are On The Rise
According to MSNBC, government scientists report that birth by C-Section will continue to increase, citing a study into the causes of a trend that may trouble maternal health experts. Researchers with the National Institutes of Health found that nearly one third of first-time moms deliver by C-section. A lead author of a study, Dr. Jun Zhang, researched 230,000 deliveries in 19 nationwide hospitals. Dr. Zhang reported the findings were surprising, especially that doctors found a woman who had already had a cesarean birth will always have a repeat c-section. The study referenced hospital policy to always repeat c-sections, also suggesting a link between chemically induced labor and higher chances of c-section. Women who had their labor induced were twice as likely to have a cesarean. It is unclear if medication or forcing Mother Nature to deliver a child had an effect on higher surgical deliveries. Medical experts argue that cesarean…
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