José Villar

TL;DR: In this paper, the association between caesarean delivery and pregnancy outcome at the institutional level, adjusting for the pregnant population and institutional characteristics, was assessed for the 2005 WHO global survey on maternal and perinatal health, comprising 24 geographic regions in eight countries in Latin America.

TL;DR: The third phase of the WHO global survey aimed to estimate the rate of different methods of delivery and to examine the relation between method of Delivery and maternal and perinatal outcomes in selected facilities in Africa and Latin America in 2004-05, and in Asia in 2007-08, found caesarean section should be done only when there is a medical indication.

TL;DR: Preeclampsia and gestational hypertension shared many risk factors, although there are differences that need further evaluation, and both conditions significantly increased morbidity and mortality.

TL;DR: The calculated protein and calorie requirements and nutritional status of intrauterine-growth-retarded infants of poor mothers in underdeveloped countries were compared with the estimated amounts of protein and calories supplied in the mother's milk and their nutritional status both before and during lactation.