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[2] [3] A trial of vaginal birth after C-section may be possible. [2] The World Health Organization recommends that caesarean section be performed only when medically necessary. [3] [4] A C-section typically takes 45 minutes to an hour. [2] It may be done with a spinal block, where the woman is awake, or under general anesthesia. [2]
The paediatric radiology and medical community has long had an awareness of this issue and has developed radiation protection policies and practices that reflect this. With the increased use of imaging and in particular, CT scanning, there is increasing attention to this issue by the entire medical and radiology communities.
A total of 73% of medical school graduates have education debt, with $200,000 being the average amount of debt. [17] This cost contributes to the lack of economic diversity among U.S. medical students with nearly a quarter of all medical students coming from families with incomes in the top 5% of the country. [ 18 ]
The absolute risk of such birth-related perinatal loss is comparable to the risk for women having their first birth. [1] Planned VBAC carries an 8/10,000 risk of the child developing hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy , but the long-term outcome of the infant with HIE is unknown and related to many factors.
"A C-section is a surgery; you get cut deep into your stomach and, you know, you're expected to [after birth] care for yourself, care for a child and be back on your feet like a day later. And it ...
A radiologist interpreting magnetic resonance imaging Dr. Macintyre's X-Ray Film (1896). Radiology (/ ˌ r eɪ d ɪ ˈ ɒ l ə dʒ i / rey-dee-ol-uh-jee) is the medical specialty that uses medical imaging to diagnose diseases and guide treatment within the bodies of humans and other animals.
A study published in the February 13, 2007 issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal found that between 1991 and 2005, women who had scheduled cesarean sections for breech birth had a 2.7% rate of severe morbidity, compared with 0.9% for women who had planned vaginal deliveries.
Unless there is some other indication, mothers can attempt a trial of labour and most are able to have a vaginal birth after C-section (VBAC). [121] Induced births and elective cesarean before 39 weeks can be harmful to the neonate as well as harmful or without benefit to the mother.