Key result
Elective repeat cesarean delivery can lead to severe respiratory morbidity and persistent pulmonary hypertension in newborns, potentially requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
Population
Newborns with severe respiratory failure or persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn following…
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May support caution in elective repeat cesarean planning; leaves open causal confirmation and prevention strategies in prospective trials.
Elective repeat cesarean delivery can lead to severe respiratory morbidity and persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn requiring ECMO.
Keszler et al. (1992) studied Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN). Elective repeat cesarean delivery was evaluated. Elective repeat cesarean delivery can lead to severe respiratory morbidity and persistent pulmonary hypertension in newborns, potentially requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
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