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Practice Guideline
. 2018 Mar;40(3):e195-e207.
doi: 10.1016/j.jogc.2018.01.014.

No. 155-Guidelines for Vaginal Birth After Previous Caesarean Birth

Marie-Jocelyne Martel  1 , Catherine Jane MacKinnon  2
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Practice Guideline

No. 155-Guidelines for Vaginal Birth After Previous Caesarean Birth

Marie-Jocelyne Martel et al. J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2018 Mar.

Abstract

Objective: To provide evidence-based guidelines for the provision of a trial of labour (TOL) after Caesarean section.

Outcome: Fetal and maternal morbidity and mortality associated with vaginal birth after Caesarean (VBAC) and repeat Caesarean section.

Evidence: MEDLINE database was searched for articles published from January 1, 1995, to February 28, 2004, using the key words "vaginal birth after Caesarean (Cesarean) section." The quality of evidence is described using the Evaluation of Evidence criteria outlined in the Report of the Canadian Task Force on the Periodic Health Exam.

Recommendations: VALIDATION: These guidelines were approved by the Clinical Practice Obstetrics and Executive Committees of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada.

Keywords: Vaginal birth after Caesarean; induced labour; misoprostol; oxytocin; prostaglandins; trial of labour; uterine rupture.

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