The Effect of Clinical Chorioamnionitis on Cesarean Delivery in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the association of clinical chorioamnionitis on cesarean delivery in a national sample of hospital discharges.

Data source

Hospital discharge data from the 1998-2010 Nationwide Inpatient Sample.

Study design

We performed a cross-sectional study and general linear modeling was used to determine the association of clinical chorioamnionitis on risk of cesarean delivery.

Principal findings

A total of 10,843,682 deliveries and 51,799,431 nationally weighted deliveries were identified. Clinical chorioamnionitis was present in 2.9 percent of cesarean and 1.3 percent of vaginal deliveries (p < .001). In multivariate analysis, clinical chorioamnionitis was associated with a 1.39-fold increased risk of cesarean delivery. Compared with women without c

SUBMITTER: Bommarito KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5034204 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature