TY - JOUR
T1 - Maternal and perinatal complications by day of gestation after spontaneous labor at 40-42 weeks of gestation
AU - Greve, Tine
AU - Lundbye-Christensen, Søren
AU - Nickelsen, Carsten Nahne Amtoft
AU - Secher, Niels J
N1 - © 2011 The Authors Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica© 2011 Nordic Federation of Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
PY - 2011/5/12
Y1 - 2011/5/12
N2 - Objective. To evaluate pregnancy outcome after spontaneous labor by day of gestation between 40(+0) and 41(+6) weeks of gestation. Design. Evaluation of prospectively collected labor ward data. Setting. University Hospital, Denmark. Population. Unselected consecutive cohort of 14 678 spontaneously starting deliveries between 280 and 293 days of gestation during the years 2000-2006. Methods. Data were registered in a computer program after each delivery by a midwife and the entries further evaluated by a specialist in obstetrics. Complication rates were compared using Fisher's exact test. Main Outcome Measures. Maternal complication rates for each gestation day, including cesarean delivery, maternal blood transfusion, episiotomy, operative vaginal delivery, third and fourth degree perineal lacerations and perinatal morbidity. Results. The cesarean delivery rate increased from 6% on day 280 to 11% on day 293. Cesarean delivery increased from 40 to 41 weeks gestation (7.3 vs. 9.5%, p
AB - Objective. To evaluate pregnancy outcome after spontaneous labor by day of gestation between 40(+0) and 41(+6) weeks of gestation. Design. Evaluation of prospectively collected labor ward data. Setting. University Hospital, Denmark. Population. Unselected consecutive cohort of 14 678 spontaneously starting deliveries between 280 and 293 days of gestation during the years 2000-2006. Methods. Data were registered in a computer program after each delivery by a midwife and the entries further evaluated by a specialist in obstetrics. Complication rates were compared using Fisher's exact test. Main Outcome Measures. Maternal complication rates for each gestation day, including cesarean delivery, maternal blood transfusion, episiotomy, operative vaginal delivery, third and fourth degree perineal lacerations and perinatal morbidity. Results. The cesarean delivery rate increased from 6% on day 280 to 11% on day 293. Cesarean delivery increased from 40 to 41 weeks gestation (7.3 vs. 9.5%, p
U2 - 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2011.01175.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2011.01175.x
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0001-6349
VL - 90
SP - 852
EP - 856
JO - Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
JF - Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
ER -