The neonatal respiratory morbidity associated with early term caesarean section - an emerging pandemic.

Objectives: To examine the impact of early term caesarean section (CS) on respiratory morbidity and early neonatal outcomes when elective caesarean section was carried out before 39 completed weeks gestation in our population.

Methods: A one-year population-based retrospective cohort analysis using routinely collected hospital data. Livebirths from women who had elective lower segment cesarean section (ELSCS) for uncomplicated singleton pregnancies at early term (ET) 37+0 to 38+6 weeks were compared to full term (FT)≥39+0 weeks gestation.

Anencephaly and obstetric outcome beyond the age of viability.

Objective To review the obstetric impact and natural history of anencephalic pregnancies beyond the age of viability. Study design A retrospective chart review of all cases with a prenatal diagnosis of anencephaly who delivered after 24 weeks' gestation during the period 1990 until 2016. Obstetric outcomes including mode of delivery, live births, shoulder dystocia, antepartum haemorrhage (APH), postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) and uterine rupture were studied.