Maternal Body Mass Index and Regional Anaesthesia Use at Term: Prevalence and Complications.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is an evidence gap regarding the use of regional anaesthesia (epidural, spinal, or combined epidural/spinal anaesthesia) and associated complications by maternal body mass index (BMI). We examine associations between regional anaesthesia, mode of delivery, and regional anaesthesia complications by pre-pregnancy BMI categories among term deliveries.

Methods

Retrospective cohort study of births in California, 2007-2010, utilizing linked birth certificate data and patient discharge data. Outcomes were mode of delivery (among laboured deliveries) and select regional anaesthesia complications. Multivariable Poisson regression was used to adjust for maternal characteristics.

Results

In women undergoing labour (i.e. laboured delivery), women with higher BMI

SUBMITTER: Biel FM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5805391 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature