TY - CHAP AU - Bhavya Baxi AU - Jigna Shah ED - Panagiotis Tsikouras ED - Nikolaos Nikolettos ED - Werner Rath ED - Georg Friedrich Von Tempelhoff Y1 - 2021-03-23 PY - 2021 T1 - Association of Pre-Pregnancy Body Mass Index and Gestational Weight Gain with Preterm Delivery in Pregnant Women N2 - In 2019, approximately 1.2 million caesarean sections were performed in the United States, accounting for 31.7% of all births that year. In most European countries, the rate of caesarean delivery also exceeds 30%. The medical effects of this phenomenon remain unclear.This book presents comprehensive information on caesarean delivery including the risks and benefits, clinical indications, scientific guidelines, and more. BT - Current Topics in Caesarean Section SP - Ch. 7 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.96922 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.96922 SN - 978-1-83969-179-9 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-25 ER -