Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes With Early Compared With Delayed Pushing Among Nulliparous Women.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe factors associated with delayed pushing and evaluate the relationship between delayed pushing and perinatal outcomes in nulliparous women with singleton term gestations.

Methods

This was a secondary analysis of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Assessment of Perinatal Excellence cohort of 115,502 women and their neonates born in 25 U.S. hospitals from 2008 to 2011. Nulliparous women with singleton, cephalic, nonanomalous term births who achieved 10-cm cervical dilation were included. Women in whom pushing was delayed by 60 minutes or greater (delayed group) were compared with those who initiated pushing within 30 minutes (early group). Multivariable regression analyses were used to assess the independent

SUBMITTER: Yee LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5119640 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature