# Caesarean section delivery of a stillbirth

- Category: chronic
- Review status: reviewed (every claim checked against a document named on this page)
- Sources: Cesarean Delivery - StatPearls - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK546707/ · ICPC-3 (WONCA International Classification of Primary Care, 3rd edition) class WD83.00 - condition scope only, no dose · No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care
- Verified date: 2026-08

## Verified against

- No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care
- Cesarean Delivery - disease-level clinical article (caesarean-section-stillbirth-record-clinical.txt)

## Treatment metadata

- No drug therapy in primary care (Referral & Advice)

## Complete treatment card

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CAESAREAN SECTION DELIVERY OF A STILLBIRTH
Sources: Cesarean Delivery - StatPearls - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK546707/ · ICPC-3
         (WONCA International Classification of Primary Care, 3rd edition) class WD83.00 - condition
         scope only, no dose · No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care
Review status: REVIEWED against No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care,
               Cesarean Delivery - disease-level clinical article (caesarean-
               section-stillbirth-record-clinical.txt)  (2026-08)

1. NO DRUG THERAPY IN PRIMARY CARE (REFERRAL & ADVICE)    [1st line]
   Adult    This is a post-delivery outcome record following a stillbirth via C-section. Provide
            empathetic bereavement counselling, screen for maternal postpartum depression and post-
            traumatic stress, and evaluate physical wound and uterine scar healing. Refer the
            patient to specialized obstetric care for audit of the stillbirth cause and pre-
            conception counseling prior to any subsequent pregnancy. - Refer, with advice
   Peds     Adult-only condition - paediatric section not applicable
   Source   No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care
   Why      This is a post-delivery outcome record following a stillbirth via C-section. Provide
            empathetic bereavement counselling, screen for maternal postpartum depression and post-
            traumatic stress, and evaluate physical wound and uterine scar healing. Refer the
            patient to specialized obstetric care for audit of the stillbirth cause and pre-
            conception counseling prior to any subsequent pregnancy.
   Caution  RED FLAG - Puerperal sepsis: assess urgently and refer.
            Recognise the risk to maternal mental health after stillbirth and screen for depression
            or trauma symptoms.
            No medicine is prescribed for this in primary care - this entry is for recognition and
            referral. Anything given is decided by the service it is referred to.
            RED FLAG - Postpartum hemorrhage, wound infection, and endometritis are major early
            post-cesarean complications requiring clinical vigilance.
            RED FLAG - A history of a prior classical or T-shaped uterine incision necessitates
            repeat cesarean delivery in subsequent pregnancies.

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