Impact of Cesarean Versus Vaginal Delivery on the Risk of Postpartum Acute Kidney Injury: A Retrospective Database-Controlled Study in 116,876 Parturients

Abstract

(J Clin Anesth. 2022;82:110915) Cesarean deliveries are the most common major abdominal surgeries performed in the United States, at a rate of 31.8% of all deliveries. While rates of cesarean deliveries are rising on a global level, maternal or neonatal mortality or morbidity are not decreasing. As such, experts all over the world have pushed to decrease cesarean delivery rates.