Sergio A. Silverio

Nov 2, 2023 | mdpi.com | Annette L. Briley |Sergio A. Silverio |Andrew H Shennan |Graham Tydeman

1. IntroductionIn the UK, more than 25% of babies are born by caesarean section (CS) [1], increasingly, these occur in the late first or second stage of labour, when the foetal head is deep within the maternal pelvis. It has been estimated that full-dilatation caesarean sections (FDCS) are undertaken in 2–5% of cases [2,3,4,5,6] and in 15% of all intrapartum caesareans [7].

Jun 12, 2023 | kcl.ac.uk | Sergio A. Silverio

A new study evaluates the decision-making processes of maternity healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic, as one part of a broader project to evaluate the pandemic’s impact on maternity care services reconfiguration, and how it can recover in its wake to be more resilient against future health shocks. Published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, the study explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the decisions healthcare professionals made by maternity services. Sergio A.