Cesarean Delivery Rates using Robson Classification System in Ireland: What can we learn?

ConclusionThe driving force for the increase in CD in the National Maternity Hospital has been induction of labor and pre-labor CD in nulliparous women with a single cephalic pregnancy at term. This inevitably results in a larger population of women with a previous CD and therefore a secondary contribution to the increase in the overall CD rate.
Source: European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology - Category: OBGYN Source Type: research