Cesarean-born babies at increased risk of infection-related hospitalisation in childhood – Medical Xpress

Cesarean-born babies are at increased risk during early childhood of being hospitalised due to an infection, according to a new study of over seven million births from four countries.
The study, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and Aarhus University and published in PLOS Medicine, found a small but consistent increase in the absolute risk of infection-related hospitalisation rates in children up to five years of age compared with vaginally-born children.
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