Association between uterine contractions before elective caesarean section and transient tachypnoea of the newborn: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We evaluated the association between the presence of predelivery uterine contractions and transient tachypnoea of the newborn (TTN) in women undergoing an elective caesarean section.

Design

A retrospective cohort study.

Setting

National Hospital Organization Kofu National Hospital, which is a community hospital, between January 2011 and May 2019.

Participants

The study included 464 women who underwent elective caesarean section. The exclusion criteria were missing data, twin pregnancy, neonatal asphyxia, general anaesthesia and elective caesarean section before term.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Patients were grouped according to the presence or absence of uterine contractions on a 40-min cardiotocogram (CTG) performed within 6 hours

SUBMITTER: Shinohara S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7076236 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature