Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica
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Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand · Jul 2010
Multicenter Study Comparative StudyCesarean delivery in Finland: maternal complications and obstetric risk factors.
To assess the rate of maternal complications related to cesarean section (CS) and to compare morbidity between elective, emergency and crash-emergency CS. To establish risk factors associated with maternal CS morbidity. ⋯ Maternal complications are frequent in CS, and although performing CS electively reduces the occurrence of complications, the frequency is still high. The complication rate depends on the degree of emergency, and increases with maternal obesity, older age and pre-eclampsia.