Cervical dilatation over time is a poor predictor of severe adverse birth outcomes: a diagnostic accuracy study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the accuracy of the World Health Organization (WHO) partograph alert line and other candidate predictors in the identification of women at risk of developing severe adverse birth outcomes.

Design

A facility-based, multicentre, prospective cohort study.

Setting

Thirteen maternity hospitals located in Nigeria and Uganda.

Population

A total of 9995 women with spontaneous onset of labour presenting at cervical dilatation of ≤6 cm or undergoing induction of labour.

Methods

Research assistants collected data on sociodemographic, anthropometric, obstetric, and medical characteristics of study participants at hospital admission, multiple assessments during labour, and interventions during labour and childbirth. The alert line and action line,

SUBMITTER: Souza JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6032950 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature