The upswing in the number of Caesarean sections performed in the United States is being paralleled by another trend: rising rates of serious complications in women giving birth.
By examining hospital discharges nationwide, a team of researchers found that rates of kidney failure, respiratory distress syndrome, shock and ventilator use associated with childbirth climbed more than 20 percent from 1998-99 to 2004-05, while rates for pulmonary embolism and blood transfusions rose 52 percent and 92 percent, respectively.
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