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Women’s health & midwifery
Need for evidence-based indications for CS delivery
  1. Manuela Chiavarini1,
  2. Irene Giacchetta2
  1. 1Department of Biomedical Sciences and Public Health, Section of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and PublicHealth, Polytechnic University of the Marche Region, 60126 Ancona, Italy
  2. 2Hospital Health Directorate, AUSL Romanga, Lugo, Italy
  1. Correspondence to Dr Manuela Chiavarini, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Public Health, Section of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and PublicHealth, Polytechnic University of the Marche Region, Ancona, Italy; manuela.chiavarini{at}unipg.it

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2023-103851

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    Commentary on: Wyss C, Inauen J, Cignacco E, Raio L, Aubry EM. Mediating processes underlying the associations between maternal obesity and the likelihood of cesarean birth. Birth. 2024 Mar;51(1):52-62. doi: 10.1111/birt.12751. Epub 2023 Aug 24.

    Implications for practice and research

    • It is important for future clinical practice to understand the risks of Caesarean Section (CS) to properly counsel pregnant patients, even if the patient is obese.

    • It would be crucial to have CS delivery indications that are accepted at national and international levels, even in in obese women.

    Context

    According to the literature, it appears that obese pregnant women are more likely to undergo a caesarean section than non-obese women. However, the mechanisms underlying these data have not yet been clarified.

    Methods

    The aim of the study of Wyss et …

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    Footnotes

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.