Predicting Cesarean Section and Uterine Rupture among Women Attempting Vaginal Birth after Prior Cesarean Section

Gordon C. S Smith; Ian R White; Jill P Pell; Richard Dobbie

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0020252

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Predicting Cesarean Section and Uterine Rupture among Women Attempting Vaginal Birth after Prior Cesarean Section

Gordon C. S Smith ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: gcss2@cam.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Ian R White,

Affiliation Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Public Health, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Jill P Pell,

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Greater Glasgow NHS Board, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Richard Dobbie

Affiliation Information and Statistics Division, Common Services Agency, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Predicting Cesarean Section and Uterine Rupture among Women Attempting Vaginal Birth after Prior Cesarean Section

Gordon C. S Smith,
Ian R White,
Jill P Pell,
Richard Dobbie

Published: September 13, 2005
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020252

About the Authors

Gordon C. S Smith

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: gcss2@cam.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Ian R White

Affiliation Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Public Health, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Jill P Pell

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Greater Glasgow NHS Board, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Richard Dobbie

Affiliation Information and Statistics Division, Common Services Agency, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

GCSS designed the study. RD collected the data. IRW developed methods. GCSS and JPP analyzed the data. GCSS, IRW, JPP, and RD contributed to writing the paper.

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