Mode of delivery and survival in babies weighing less than 2000 g at birth.
- 25 October 1980
- Vol. 281 (6248) , 1118-1119
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.281.6248.1118
Abstract
A retrospective study of babies weighing less than 2000 g at birth admitted over a four-year period to Nottingham City Hospital Neonatal Unit showed a higher incidence of lower Apgar scores and the need for intubation in babies born by caesarean section and breech deliveries. Mortality in those delivered by the breech (35%) was statistically higher than those by caesarean section (10%) or vertex (14%). It is concluded that small babies born by breech delivery have a higher mortality than when delivered vaginally and should have the benefit of caesarean section.Keywords
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