Adherence to guidelines and suboptimal practice in term breech delivery with perinatal death- a population-based case-control study in Norway.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In a recent population-based study we reported excess risk of neonatal mortality associated with vaginal breech delivery. In this case-control study we examine whether deviations from Norwegian guidelines are more common in breech deliveries resulting in intrapartum or neonatal deaths than in breech deliveries where the offspring survives, and if these deaths are potentially avoidable.

Material and methods

Case-control study completed as a perinatal audit including term breech deliveries of singleton without congenital anomalies in Norway from 1999 to 2015. Deliveries where the child died intrapartum or in the neonatal period were case deliveries. For each case, two control deliveries who survived were identified. All the included deliveries were reviewed by four

SUBMITTER: Bjellmo S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6734432 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature