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French doctors and the government have expressed concern over the rising mortality rate in recent years. Some worry that a contributing factor may be the relati
by rossant 1y ago
French doctors and the government have expressed concern over the rising mortality rate in recent years. Some worry that a contributing factor may be the relatively low rate of C-sections. Difficult labor is a major risk factor for neonatal death. It is also associated with intracranial hemorrhages at birth, which are common, but even more frequent and severe after complicated deliveries. These hemorrhages are often linked to wrongful diagnoses of shaken baby syndrome, which is commonly assumed whenever an infant presents with intracranial bleeding. France is likely among the countries with the highest rates of such misdiagnoses. Obvious to say the consequences for the child and their parents are severe.
- Maxion 1y agoMeanwhile, in Finland, midwives here are worried abou the increase in C-sections in the last few years. It is most likely a cause of the decrease in funding towards healthcare, causing understaffed maternety wards and a push for c-sections on slow labor.
- otherme123 1y agoWeird that some countries with high C-section rates are not particularly good in mortality (Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland), while the best countries by mortality has low C-section rates, Norway being the country with the lowest rate in the world. Curiously, France has almost the exact same rate than Finland (200 per 1000 births), which tops the mortality list.
- rossant 1y agoPerhaps a distinction should be made in the data between emergency and planned C-sections.