Association of Labor With Neonatal Respiratory Outcomes at 36-40 Weeks of Gestation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate whether labor is associated with lower odds of respiratory morbidity among neonates born from 36 to 40 weeks of gestation and to assess whether this association varies by gestational age and maternal diabetic status.

Methods

We conducted a secondary analysis of women in the Assessment of Perinatal Excellence obstetric cohort who delivered across 25 U.S. hospitals over a 3-year period. Women with a singleton liveborn nonanomalous neonate who delivered from 36 to 40 weeks of gestation were included in our analysis. Those who received antenatal corticosteroids, underwent amniocentesis for fetal lung maturity, or did not meet dating criteria were excluded. Our primary outcome was composite neonatal respiratory morbidity, which included respiratory distress

SUBMITTER: Plunkett BA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6794151 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature