The ‘Worst Test in Medicine’ is Driving America’s High C-Section Rate

Back in the 80's and 90's during high activism among childbearing women, we spoke up through groups like C/SEC and ICEA and women like Doris Haire and Diony Young about the rising C/S rate and warned about monitoring.
#cesareans #fetalmonitoring #efm
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OBGYN Objective To develop and validate advanced machine learning (ML) models for predicting unplanned intrapartum cesarean deliveries in women with no previous cesarean delivery, using both static and dy.....

Can #MachineLearning predict unplanned #cesareans during labor?
Our new study (260K+ births) shows models using maternal+fetal data can forecast cesarean risk with 95% accuracy for faster, smarter decisions in the delivery room.
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Sloan: #cesareans are not the enemy - the problem is the over-use of an often life-saving tool #CVLAFirstMoments