Complications of Delivery Among Mothers With Spina Bifida.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine rates and types of peripartum morbidity among delivering women with spina bifida (SB) compared to those without SB. The rates of pregnancy and delivery among women with SB have been significantly increasing. Current knowledge of peripartum outcomes for these women is limited.

Methods

Using 2004-2013 National Inpatient Sample data, we identified all hospitalizations for delivery, distinguishing between women with and without SB. Using a code-based algorithm, we determined whether a complication occurred during the hospitalization. We then fit a series of multivariable logistic models to examine for associations between a complication occurrence during vaginal or cesarean delivery and a woman's SB status.

Results

We identified 38,319,814 weighted

SUBMITTER: Shepard CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6522127 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature