Use of induction of labour and emergency caesarean section and perinatal outcomes in English maternity services: a national hospital-level study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the association between hospital-level rates of induction of labour and emergency caesarean section, as measures of "practice style", and rates of adverse perinatal outcomes.

Design

National study using electronic maternity records.

Setting

English National Health Service.

Participants

Hospitals providing maternity care to women between April 2015 and March 2017.

Main outcome measures

Stillbirth, admission to a neonatal unit, and babies receiving mechanical ventilation.

Results

Among singleton term births, the risk of stillbirth was 0.15%; of admission to a neonatal unit 5.4%; and of mechanical ventilation 0.54%. There was considerable between-hospital variation in the induction of labour rate (minimum 17.5%, maximum 40.7%) an

SUBMITTER: Gurol-Urganci I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9543153 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature