• Abenhaim and colleagues observed a small increase in the rate of cesarean deliveries
among women attended by oncall obstetricians compared with regular-care obstetricians …

Background: The question “will you be delivering my baby?” is one that pregnant women
frequently ask their physicians. We sought to determine whether obstetric outcomes differed …

Dear Dr. Lockwood, Your statistics [on maternal mortality] are correct but, like most members
of ACOG, you ignore the iatrogenic nature of the US maternal mortality crisis and blame the …

In 2018, more than 1.2 million pregnant women in the US underwent a cesarean delivery as
part of their birth experience. 1 Maternal indications for cesarean delivery include a lack of …

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Our knowledge base is a good deal more solid than it was 20 years ago. While we might
wish that the nature of the evidence were more rigorous (though it is rarely practical or …

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES SHOULD reconsider guidelines that currently limit access to a
trial of labor for women who have had a previous cesarean delivery and who are at low risk …

We thank Shields et al 1 for their kind remarks on our work. The authors correctly pointed out
that maternal cardiac arrest is a condition that is deserving of further study, especially in the …

The passage of the Maternity Information Act in New York state on July 24, 1989, is a
noteworthy example of the power of the public in initiating and successfully lobbying a …

Is There Evidence of Poorer Birth Outcomes for Mothers and Babies When the Most Senior
Obstetrician Is Not On Site? | PLOS Medicine Skip to main content Advertisement PLOS …