Predictors of a successful vaginal delivery in women with type 1 diabetes: a retrospective analysis of 20 years.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate the independent factors associated with the success of a trial of vaginal birth (TVB) in women with type 1 diabetes. Despite all therapeutic efforts and technological innovations, rates of caesarean sections (CS) in pregnant women with type 1 diabetes remain unchanged above 60%. Our aim was to point out influencing factors to improve the quality of antepartum counseling.

Methods

We performed a retrospective cohort study of 195 pregnancies with type 1 diabetes treated between 2000 and 2019. After exclusions, 118 women with near-term singleton pregnancies intended vaginal birth (TVB). Group differences between CS and successful vaginal delivery were analyzed. Multivariate logistic regression was performed by including clinical and metabolic variables to det

SUBMITTER: Weschenfelder F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9166876 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature