Meet the editor

Dr. Schmölzer is the inaugural Heart and Stroke Foundation/ University of Alberta Professor of Neonatal Resuscitation and the Director of the Center for the Studies on Asphyxia and Resuscitation (CSAR) in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He also works as a neonatologist at the Royal Alexandra Hospital, Alberta, Canada. Dr. Schmölzer obtained an MD, PhD, and clinical training in Austria and Australia. In 2014, he completed a Ban-

ting Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Alberta. Dr. Schmölzer's research focuses on understanding physiological changes during fetal-to-neonatal transition, improving diagnoses, mitigating risk, and improving survival and quality of life for newborns, using emerging technologies during neonatal resuscitation, and examining how these physiological changes can be used to improve short- and long-term outcomes of newborn babies.

Contents

Prediction of Caesarean Delivery

*Victor Gomel and Michael Stark*

*and Guillermo Valenzuela*

*by Josaphat Byamugisha and Moses Adroma*

**Preface III**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 25**

**Chapter 3 37**

**Chapter 4 51**

**Chapter 5 67**

**Chapter 6 85**

*by Niamh C. Murphy, Fionnuala M. Breathnach and Naomi Burke*

Hemostasis for Massive Hemorrhage during Cesarean Section

Maternal and Fetal Risks in Higher Multiple Cesarean Deliveries

Obesity: Unique Challenges at the Time of Cesarean Delivery *by Kristina Roloff, Suzanne Cao, Camille Okekpe, Inessa Dombrovsky* 

Caesarean Section in Low-, Middle- and High-Income Countries

Cesarean Scar Defect Manifestations during Pregnancy and Delivery *by Ospan Mynbaev, Ioannis Kosmas, Zhongjie Shi, Sergei Firichenko, Avinoam Tzabari, Lin Ma, Leila Kindarova, Tatiana Babenko, Styliani Salta, Antonio Malvasi, Ivano Raimondo, Andrea Tinelli,* 

*by Jun Takeda, Shintaro Makino and Satoru Takeda*

*by Constantin Zwergel and Constantin S. von Kaisenberg*
