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J West Afr Coll Surg
August 2022
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan/University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.
Ir J Med Sci
August 2020
Department of Anaesthesia, The Rotunda Hospital, Parnell Square, Dublin, Ireland.
Background: Haemorrhagic morbidity is more common in women with abnormal placentation, that is placenta praevia or morbidly adherent placenta. The incidence of abnormal placentation is increasing due to rising caesarean section rates. Concerns regarding blood safety, blood shortages and soaring costs of blood processing have generated growing enthusiasm for blood conservation strategies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNurses struggle with conflicting priorities regarding the care of women during childbirth and the expectations of physicians and employers. Nurses are expected to perform technologically sophisticated interventions that were once performed by physicians, which can affect the perception of comfort that nurses traditionally offered. In this historical overview, I suggest that scientific childbirth advances have contributed to soaring cesarean rates and identify the role of the nurse as a contributor to this trend.
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