Abstract
World health Organization in 1985 proposed that rate for cesarean sections (CS) should ideally range between 10% to 15%1. Since then, in both developed and developing countries cesarean section rates have increased. Cesarean sections effectively prevent maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity when they are medically justified. However, high Caesarean section rates have an association with increased maternal morbidity in terms of increased blood transfusions in the index pregnancy while in subsequent pregnancies the woman is at risk of uterine scar rupture,placenta previa, placenta accreta, visceral injury and even hysterectomy2.The association between the reduction of stillbirths or perinatal morbidity and cesarean section rates is undetermined due to lack of availability of data at the population level. However, post operatively the reduced breast feeding, delayed return to full mobility for the mother, higher risk of transient tachypnea of newborn at birth and subsequent asthmain the child are cause for concern
Syeda Batool Mazhar, Zahra Muslim. (2019) Rising Trends of Cesarean Section Worldwide and in Pakistan: An Urgent Call for Initiating a Nationwide Audit, Journal of the Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecologists of Pakistan , Volume-09, Issue-4.
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