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Caesarean birth

Quality standard [QS32] Published: 11 June 2013 Last updated: 31 March 2021

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  • Quality statement 1: Vaginal birth after a caesarean birth
  • Quality statement 2: Request for a caesarean birth: maternity team involvement
  • Quality statement 3: Request for a caesarean birth: anxiety
  • Quality statement 4: Consultant obstetrician involvement in decision making for planned caesarean birth
  • Quality statement 5: Timing of planned caesarean birth
  • Quality statement 6: Consultant obstetrician involvement in decision making for unplanned caesarean birth
  • Quality statement 7: The use of fetal blood sampling
  • Quality statement 8: Post caesarean birth discussion
  • Quality statement 9: Monitoring for postoperative complications following caesarean birth
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Quality statement 7: The use of fetal blood sampling

Quality statement 7: The use of fetal blood sampling

This statement has been removed. For more details, see update information.


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