Obstetrics - Populations at Risk

Caesarean Section Associated with Increased Nosocomial Infections

Published in Women's Health Weekly, May 15th, 1995

Researchers say the estimated rate of post-caesarean infection in women is 10 times greater than after vaginal delivery.

Canadian researchers, E. Henderson and E.J. Love, from the University of Calgary, reported the results of a retrospective cohort study of women who delivered via caesarean section (C-section) at the Calgary General Hospital ("Incidence of Hospital-Acquired Infections Associated with Caesarean Section," Journal of Hospital Infection, April 1995;29(4):245-55).

Because increased C-section rates combined with a general increase in nosocomial infection risk has raise concerns about an increase in numbers of post-caesarean infections,...

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