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A quality assurance analysis based on a retrospective criterion\u2010based audit. <jats:italic>Setting<\/jats:italic>. Two rural hospitals in Tanzania. <jats:italic>Population<\/jats:italic>. From 2009, 400 cesarean section instances were investigated. Of these, 303 were emergency cesarean sections and therefore included. <jats:italic>Methods<\/jats:italic>. Documented indications for and management preceding the emergency cesarean sections were compared with the audit criteria. <jats:italic>Main outcome measures<\/jats:italic>. Prevalence of suboptimal care. <jats:italic>Results<\/jats:italic>. Of the emergency sections, 26% appeared to be decided based on inappropriate indications, and in an additional 38%, the indications were unclear. Prolonged labor was the leading indication; in 36% of these, labor progressed timely and\/or the membranes were still intact. In 26%, previous cesarean section was the indication, half of these with one previous section only. Fetal distress was an indication in 14%, but for 84% of these the fetal heart rate was either reassuring or not documented. For nine women, section was decided upon because of intrauterine fetal death; none had a trial of forceps\/vacuum extraction or destructive surgery. <jats:italic>Conclusion<\/jats:italic>. A considerable number of the audited emergency cesarean sections were performed on doubtful indications. In the light of the rising trend in global cesarean section rates, there seems to be a need to ensure quality of management preceding cesarean sections. 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