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Leslie Iffy, MD
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Newark

JAMA. 1987;257(20):2757.

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To the Editor.—

The article by Shiono et al¹ concludes that the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development—sponsored Consensus Development Conference on Cesarean Childbirth^2,3 failed to affect the increasing rates of abdominal deliveries in general, and repeated cesarean sections in particular. A similar experience has been reported from this institution, where the cesarean-section rate increased from about 12% to 15% between 1980 and 1983⁴ and has climbed higher since.

The authors note that "virtually all of the hospitals surveyed were able to prepare for an emergency cesarean within 30 minutes." I still feel uncertain what a 30-minute start-up time means. When the obstetric operating rooms are empty, we in this center can invariably start a cesarean section within 30 minutes. However, with one room (and team) already engaged, it is not always possible, and when two operations are already in progress, it is rarely possible . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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