Sentences with phrase «perform elective caesarean»
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.
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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.