Loyola Ob/Gyne Experts Available to Comment on National Trend
WHAT: Between 2002 and 2009, the number of Caesarean-section deliveries rose significantly from 27 to 34 percent, according to a report titled HealthGrades 2011 Obstetrics & Gynecology in American Hospitals. Loyola University Health System ob/gyne experts attribute the rise in this invasive procedure to the "Caesareans on demand" trend, which is an accepted practice by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. A study published in 2009 in the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology found that the increase in C-sections in the United States seems to contribute to the rise in serious complications during childbirth. Though Loyola physicians believe that C-sections are a necessary procedure for certain people, they stress the importance of counseling women on the risks associated with both C-sections and vaginal deliveries.
MEDIA: To interview a Loyola obstetrician and gynecologist, please call Nora Plunkett in Loyola Media Relations, (708) 216-6268.
Loyola University Health System (LUHS) is a member of Trinity Health. Based in the western suburbs of Chicago, LUHS is a quaternary care system with a 61-acre main medical center campus, the 36-acre Gottlieb Memorial Hospital campus and more than 30 primary and specialty care facilities in Cook, Will and DuPage counties. The medical center campus is conveniently located in Maywood, 13 miles west of the Chicago Loop and 8 miles east of Oak Brook, Ill. The heart of the medical center campus, Loyola University Hospital, is a 569-licensed-bed facility. It houses a Level 1 Trauma Center, a Burn Center and the Ronald McDonald® Children’s Hospital of Loyola University Medical Center. Also on campus are the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Loyola Outpatient Center, Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine and Loyola Oral Health Center as well as the LUC Stritch School of Medicine, the LUC Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing and the Loyola Center for Fitness. Loyola's Gottlieb campus in Melrose Park includes the 264-licensed-bed community hospital, the Professional Office Building housing 150 private practice clinics, the Adult Day Care, the Gottlieb Center for Fitness, Loyola Center for Metabolic Surgery and Bariatric Care and the Loyola Cancer Care & Research at the Marjorie G. Weinberg Cancer Center at Melrose Park.