Neonatal mortality in NHS maternity units by timing and mode of birth: a retrospective linked cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compare neonatal mortality in English hospitals by time of day and day of the week according to care pathway.

Design

Retrospective cohort linking birth registration, birth notification and hospital episode data.

Setting

National Health Service (NHS) hospitals in England.

Participants

6 054 536 liveborn singleton births from 2005 to 2014 in NHS maternity units in England.

Main outcome measures

Neonatal mortality.

Results

After adjustment for confounders, there was no significant difference in the odds of neonatal mortality attributed to asphyxia, anoxia or trauma outside of working hours compared with working hours for spontaneous births or instrumental births. Stratification of emergency caesareans by onset of labour showed no differ

SUBMITTER: Carty L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10277044 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature