Elective caesarean delivery of Great Dane puppies is preferred by some breeders because of this risk factor.
As intrapartum death and delivery related neonatal death are very uncommon after
an elective caesarean delivery in the event of a term fetus without congenital anomalies, we excluded elective caesarean sections from the denominator for intrapartum and delivery related neonatal death.
Not exact matches
Furthermore, in 2003, an ACOG ethics committee stated that it is ethical for doctors to perform
elective caesarean sections on pregnant women who face no known risks from vaginal
delivery.
The authors of the study recognise the risks associated with an
elective caesarean, and decisions about subsequent mode of
delivery in women who had a severe perineal tear in an earlier pregnancy must be weighed against the clinical and psychological impacts of severe perineal tearing.
Because
elective Caesareans occurred only in the «intended a hospital birth» group, their inclusion in this analysis would have artificially inflated the risk of PPH for hospital births, because
elective Caesareans tend to be performed in response to fears about the safety of vaginal
delivery, eg if the foetus is malpresented.
If you have received fertility treatment, childbirth by an
elective or medically prescribed
caesarean or by normal
delivery at a hospital or a clinic is covered for the maximum costs of customary charges of one child.