Longer travel time to district hospital worsens neonatal outcomes: a retrospective cross-sectional study of the effect of delays in receiving emergency cesarean section in Rwanda

• Main Authors: Joseph Niyitegeka (Author), Georges Nshimirimana (Author), Allison Silverstein (Author), Jackline Odhiambo (Author), Yihan Lin (Author), Theoneste Nkurunziza (Author), Robert Riviello (Author), Stephen Rulisa (Author), Paulin Banguti (Author), Hema Magge (Author), Martin Macharia (Author), Regis Habimana (Author), Bethany Hedt-Gauthier (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In low-resource settings, access to emergency cesarean section is associated with various delays leading to poor neonatal outcomes. In this study, we described the delays a mother faces when needing emergency cesarean delivery and assessed the effect of these delays on neonatal o...