Obstetrics

Physicians propose scoring system to predict successful VBAC outcome

Published in Women's Health Weekly, February 17th, 2005

Obstetricians in Israel have proposed a scoring system to predict successful vaginal birth after cesarean section outcome.

To identify variables associated with vaginal birth after cesarean section (VBAC), R. Gonen and colleagues, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, collected data from their center's computerized database on "parturients with a history of one low-transverse cesarean section (CS) who were delivered during the year 2000. Variables were categorized according to the time period in which they were obtained: (1) first prenatal visit, (2) at the onset of labor, and (3) during labor."

Data showed that "of the 475 parturients with a history of...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-02-17)

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