Induction, labor length and mode of delivery: the impact on preeclampsia-related adverse maternal outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objectives were to evaluate whether induction, specifically prolonged labor, was associated with adverse maternal outcomes related to preeclampsia with severe features (PEC-S) and whether cesarean affected the rate.

Study design

This was a retrospective cohort study of women with PEC-S ⩾34 weeks who were diagnosed either before planned cesarean or before induction/latent labor. The primary outcome was a composite adverse maternal outcome related to PEC-S.

Results

The final cohort comprised 193 women (n=172 with labor and n=21 with planned cesarean). The prevalence of the outcome was 15.5%. Women exposed to labor did not have a higher rate compared with planned cesarean (16.3% vs 9.5%, P=0.4). Adjusting for confounders, women with a cesarean after prolong

SUBMITTER: Levine LD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5483181 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature