Fatal Flaws in Australia’s Rising Cesarean Rate
By danotoyou2
January 26, 2008
Linked to the rising rate of caesarean deliveries, the condition known as placenta accreta has gone from being a rare event to one frequent enough for hospitals to implement comprehensive plans to treat women who experience the massive haemorrhaging it can cause.
Death from placenta accreta is rare, but what is worrying specialists - from obstetricians to midwives, gynaecologists and anaesthetists - is that so many of these cases turn into full-scale medical emergencies in a matter of minutes. And the risk rises with every subsequent caesarean.
It is only a matter of time, they say, before the death rate starts to rise.
This is fantastic that Australia is recognizing the risks to their national health from too many unnecessary cesareans. It’s too bad that our own media seems slow to report on this. Considering that Australia’s maternal deaths per 100,000 is 4… and the United States maternal deaths per 100,000 is 11. I think we should be taking a good look at our own system.
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