Abstract:Brazil is among the leaders in the ranking of the number of elective cesarean sections, and such a procedure, when unnecessary, can have serious consequences for the health of the mother and the newborn, which is generally not cleared up satisfactorily to the pregnant woman before the procedure. This study aimed to verify the incidence of cesarean sections in cities that integrate the 20 th Regional Health Coordination of Ceará (RHCC), in the period of 2008-2018. This is a descriptive and retrospective study, … Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.