Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 249-257 , August 2010

Birth After Previous Cesarean Delivery: Short-Term Maternal Outcomes

  • Mona T. Lydon-Rochelle, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of College, Cork, Cork, Ireland
    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, School of Medicine, University of College, Cork, Cork, Ireland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Mona T. Lydon-Rochelle, National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre, Cork University, Maternity Hospital, 5th Floor, Cork, Ireland
    • ,
  • Alison G. Cahill, MD, MSCI

      Affiliations

    • Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
    • ,
  • Catherine Y. Spong, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

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 This work was supported in part by the National Perinatal Epidemiology Center, University of College Cork, Cork, Ireland.

PII: S0146-0005(10)00028-5

doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2010.03.004

Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 249-257 , August 2010

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