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Vaginal birth after cesarean: a 5-year experience in a family practice residency program. 1995

E S Miller, and J Partezana, and R L Montgomery

Family Practice Residency Ob/Gyn Program, Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA.

BACKGROUND The national health objective for the year 2000 is to have an overall Cesarean section rate of 15 percent, a primary Cesarean section rate of 12 percent, and a vaginal birth after Cesarean (VBAC) rate of 35 percent. The current national statistics for the most recent year available, 1991, are 23.5 percent, 17 percent, and 24.2 percent, respectively. This study evaluates a VBAC program at a community-hospital-based family practice residency program. METHODS This study was a retrospective chart review of 996 family practice service deliveries from 1988 to 1992. RESULTS Of the 98 patients who had a previous Cesarean section, 87 patients (89 percent) were eligible for a trial of labor. Fifty-six patients (64 percent) accepted a trial of labor and 31 patients (36 percent) refused. The overall Cesarean section rate was 15 percent, the primary Cesarean section rate was 11 percent, the VBAC rate was 44 percent, and the successful VBAC rate was 77 percent. CONCLUSIONS We report a successful VBAC program at a community-hospital-based family practice residency program.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007396	Internship and Residency	Programs of EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE training to meet the requirements established by accrediting authorities.	House Staff,Internship, Dental,Residency, Dental,Residency, Medical,Dental Internship,Dental Internships,Dental Residencies,Dental Residency,Internship,Internship, Medical,Internships, Dental,Medical Residencies,Medical Residency,Residencies, Dental,Residencies, Medical,Residency,Residency and Internship,Internships, Medical,Medical Internship,Medical Internships,Residencies,Staff, House
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D010414	Pennsylvania	State bounded on the north by New York and Lake Erie, on the east by Delaware and New Jersey, on the south by Delaware and Maryland, and on the west by Ohio and West Virginia.
D010818	Practice Patterns, Physicians'	Patterns of practice related to diagnosis and treatment as especially influenced by cost of the service requested and provided.	Clinical Practice Patterns,Physician's Practice Patterns,Clinical Practice Pattern,Pattern, Clinical Practice,Patterns, Clinical Practice,Practice Pattern, Clinical,Practice Patterns, Clinical,Practice Patterns, Physician's,Prescribing Patterns, Physician,Physician Practice Patterns,Physician Prescribing Pattern,Physician Prescribing Patterns,Physician's Practice Pattern,Physicians' Practice Pattern,Physicians' Practice Patterns,Practice Pattern, Physician's,Practice Pattern, Physicians',Practice Patterns, Physician,Prescribing Pattern, Physician
D011247	Pregnancy	The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH.	Gestation,Pregnancies
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D005194	Family Practice	A medical specialty concerned with the provision of continuing, comprehensive primary health care for the entire family.	Family Practices,Practice, Family,Practices, Family
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths