American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 203, Issue 4 , Pages 326.e1-326.e10 , October 2010

Contemporary cesarean delivery practice in the United States

  • Jun Zhang, PhD, MD

      Affiliations

    • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
    • ,
  • James Troendle, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
    • ,
  • Uma M. Reddy, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
    • ,
  • S. Katherine Laughon, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
    • ,
  • D. Ware Branch, MD

      Affiliations

    • Intermountain HealthCare and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
    • ,
  • Ronald Burkman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA
    • ,
  • Helain J. Landy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Georgetown University Hospital, MedStar Health, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • Judith U. Hibbard, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
    • ,
  • Shoshana Haberman, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
    • ,
  • Mildred M. Ramirez, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
    • ,
  • Jennifer L. Bailit, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
    • ,
  • Matthew K. Hoffman, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, DE
    • ,
  • Kimberly D. Gregory, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
    • ,
  • Victor H. Gonzalez-Quintero, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • University of Miami, Miami, FL
    • ,
  • Michelle Kominiarek, MD

      Affiliations

    • Indiana University–Clarian Health, Indianapolis, IN
    • ,
  • Lee A. Learman, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Indiana University–Clarian Health, Indianapolis, IN
    • ,
  • Christos G. Hatjis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Summa Health System, Akron City Hospital, Akron, OH
    • ,
  • Paul van Veldhuisen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The EMMES Corporation, Rockville, MD
    • ,
  • Consortium on Safe Labor

Received 6 April 2010 ,Revised 31 May 2010 ,Accepted 21 June 2010.

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 The Consortium on Safe Labor was supported by the Intramural Research Program of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, through Contract no. HHSN267200603425C.

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 Cite this article as: Zhang J, Troendle J, Reddy UM, et al, for the Consortium on Safe Labor. Contemporary cesarean delivery practice in the United States. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2010;203:326.e1-10.

PII: S0002-9378(10)00838-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.06.058

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 203, Issue 4 , Pages 326.e1-326.e10 , October 2010

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