24 hour consultant obstetrician presence on the labour ward and intrapartum outcomes in a large unit in England: A time series analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore the effect of introducing 24/7 resident labour ward consultant presence on neonatal and maternal outcomes in a large obstetric unit in England.

Design

Retrospective time sequence analysis of routinely collected data.

Setting

Obstetric unit of large teaching hospital in England.

Participants

Women and babies delivered between1 July 2011 and 30 June 2017. Births <24 weeks gestation or by planned caesarean section were excluded.

Main outcome measures

The primary composite outcome comprised intrapartum stillbirth, neonatal death, babies requiring therapeutic hypothermia, or admission to neonatal intensive care within three hours of birth. Secondary outcomes included markers of neonatal and maternal morbidity. Planned subgroup analyses i

SUBMITTER: Morad S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8011758 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature