(Press-News.org) Today, deliveries via cesarean sections, or c-sections, have become quite common globally. Sometimes, c-sections are a medical necessity when normal deliveries become risky either for the mother or the baby. At other times, it can be a choice. C-sections today have become a considerably safer procedure than it was a few decades ago, but there is need to refine it further.
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Cutting-edge: New and improved drug to counter spinal anesthesia blues during C-sections
New study evaluating drugs to counteract the hypotensive effects of spinal anesthesia during cesarean deliveries finds that one can even benefit the baby
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[Press-News.org] Cutting-edge: New and improved drug to counter spinal anesthesia blues during C-sectionsNew study evaluating drugs to counteract the hypotensive effects of spinal anesthesia during cesarean deliveries finds that one can even benefit the baby