HIV/AIDS Obstetrics

No increase in complication risk during Caesarean section

Published in AIDS Weekly, July 7th, 2003

Pregnant women infected with HIV do not have an increased risk of complications during Caesarean section delivery.

According to published research from Thailand, "a study of maternal complications after elective Caesarean section in HIV infected women was carried out from January 1999 to April 2001."

"The control group consisted of all the seronegative pregnant women who underwent the elective Caesarean section during the study period," noted P. Panburana and colleagues at Mahidol University.

"The study group was divided into two subgroups," they said. "Subgroup 1 patients were given 600 mg zidovudine (ZDV) orally and 300 mg...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2003-07-07)

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