Women's Health

Cesarean section under spinal anesthesia OK during antiretroviral therapy

Published in Women's Health Weekly, October 24th, 2002

by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States and the United Kingdom have elucidated the risks of cesarean section during antiretroviral therapy.

"Elective cesarean section decreases the likelihood of vertical human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission from mother to infant," explained Michael S. Avidan and colleagues at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and the King's College Hospital and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Trusts in London, England.

Luckily, Avidan and coauthors found that cesarean section delivery with anesthesia poses little risk to new mothers taking powerful antiretroviral...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2002-10-24)

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