Patterns of caesarean section in HIV infected and non-infected women in Malawi: is caesarean section used for PMTCT?

Tenthani, Lyson; van Oosterhout, Joep J.; Haas, Andreas D.; Msukwa, Malango; Phiri, Nozgechi; Chimbwandira, Frank; Tal, Kali; Aebi-Popp, Karoline; Estill, Janne Anton Markus; Keiser, Olivia

doi:10.1186/s12884-018-1722-4

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Title		Patterns of caesarean section in HIV infected and non-infected women in Malawi: is caesarean section used for PMTCT?
Authors		Tenthani, Lyson van Oosterhout, Joep J. Haas, Andreas D. Msukwa, Malango Phiri, Nozgechi Chimbwandira, Frank Tal, Kali Aebi-Popp, Karoline Estill, Janne Anton Markus Keiser, Olivia show all authors [1 - 10]
Published in		BMC pregnancy and childbirth. 2018, vol. 18, no. 1
Abstract		The pattern of CS's in Malawi is largely determined by maternal and infant complications. Positive HIV status was negatively associated with CS delivery, possibly because health care workers were concerned about the risk of occupational HIV transmission and the known increased risk of post-operative complications. Our results leave open the possibility that CS is practiced to prevent MTCT given that ECS was more common among women at high risk of MTCT due to no or short exposure to ARV's.
Identifiers		DOI: 10.1186/s12884-018-1722-4 PMID: 29649980
Full text		Article (Published version) (579 Kb) - Free access Other version: https://bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12884-018-1722-4
Structures		Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires / Institut de santé globale
Research group		Maladies infectieuses et modèles mathématiques (988)
Citation (ISO format)		TENTHANI, Lyson et al. Patterns of caesarean section in HIV infected and non-infected women in Malawi: is caesarean section used for PMTCT?. In: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2018, vol. 18, n° 1. doi: 10.1186/s12884-018-1722-4 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:104861