The Role of Oxytocin in Primary Cesarean Birth Among Low-Risk Women.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

To examine whether there is a threshold of oxytocin exposure at which the risk for primary cesarean increases among women who are nulliparous with a term, singleton, vertex fetus (NTSV) and how oxytocin interacts with other risk factors to contribute to this outcome.

Methods

This was a secondary analysis of the Consortium on Safe Labor data set that used a retrospective cohort study design. Women who met the criteria for NTSV who were not admitted for a prelabor cesarean and for whom oxytocin data were available, were included in the sample. Robust logistic regression was used to examine the association of oxytocin exposure with primary cesarean birth, while controlling for demographic and clinical risk factors and clustering by provider.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Clark RRS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7897216 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature