Time to consider the risks of caesarean delivery for long term child health
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Jan Blustein and Jianmeng Liu examine the evidence linking caesarean delivery with childhood chronic disease and say that guidelines on delivery should be reviewed with these risks in mind
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Delivery mode is linked with neurocognitive development and long-term poor immune and metabolic health outcomes.
“Other studies have also linked delivery mode with neurocognitive development and long-term poor immune and metabolic health outcomes, highlighting the importance of microbial colonization at birth (400, 401).”
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- Authors
- Blustein, J., & Liu, J.
- Affiliations
- New York University (US)
- Peking University (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Blustein, J.
- ORCID
- Liu, J.
- Venue
- BMJ
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2015-06-10
- Volume
- 350
- Issue
- jun09 3
- Pages
- h2410-h2410
- ISSN
- 1756-1833 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4707565
- OpenAlex
- W1922785195
- Cited by
- 125
- References
- 16
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 23 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 3
- FWCI
- 12.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- BMJ (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (UL1TR000038, UL1TR001445)
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Anesthesia and Pain Management
- Keywords
- cesarean section, childhood chronic disease, mode of delivery, clinical guidelines
- MeSH terms
- Attitude to Health, Cesarean Section, Decision Making, Female, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Patient Education as Topic, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Outcome, Professional-Patient Relations, Risk Factors, Vaginal Birth after Cesarean, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Elective Surgical Procedures, Risk Assessment, Delivery, Obstetric, Evidence-Based Practice
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