Create ethical Commission topic Caesarean sections

The Dominican society of obstetrics and Gynecology formed an Ethics Commission to treat the high number of Caesarean sections that are practised in the country, and welcomed the suggestion of the Dominican medical school (CMD) for a discussion of the issue with the participation of all stakeholders.

Ruddy Guerrero, President of the Organization, stressed that you used more the caesarean section because the technology in time detects possible evils of mother and child; for pregnancies in adolescents and because many women ask for this procedure to avoid pain and care for their bodies players.

Guerrero denied that the situation influences the rate of maternal mortality, as maternal health advisor child in the country of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Carlos Gril, and said that, although private Caesarean sections are more frequent in the public, in the country there are no studies that indicate that it reaches 90%.

stressed that level u000apublic are estimated to be 38 to 40% of births by caesarean section. He recalled that in United States 32 per cent of babies born by this method and Brazil 60%, but the latter maintains low levels of mortality maternal.

Explained that caesarean sections have increased because technology allows to diagnose problems early as retardation of intrauterine growth, decrease in amniotic fluid, and stressed the importance of the fetal Doppler (one study detected decreased ability to maintain oxygenation of the fetus) to reduce neonatal mortality. "All this has increased the rate of Caesarean sections, but at the same time has decreased rates of neonatal deaths," said the President of the society of obstetrics and Gynecology, comprising some 3,000 gynecologists.

Reported that society will initiate workshops on the topic to raise awareness among specialists on the need to reduce the number of Caesarean sections. Is u000aHe was willing to go to the call made yesterday of the President-elect of the CMD, Amarilis Herrera, to address the issue comprehensively.

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