PMID: 9172115May 1, 1997Paper

High-risk obstetric patients. Maternal morbidity after cesareans

The Journal of Reproductive Medicine
W J WatsonD Day

Abstract

To assess maternal morbidity associated with cesarean delivery among high-risk obstetric patients in a private practice setting. Maternal outcome parameters were prospectively studied in 1,000 consecutively delivered patients over a one-year period. Three hundred forty-one patients (34%) delivered by cesarean; 194 of the procedures were performed without labor. The incidence of febrile morbidity and wound infection in patients undergoing cesarean delivery without labor, 0.5%, was no greater than that of patients who delivered vaginally (P = 1.0). There was a higher incidence of transfusion in patients delivered by cesarean without labor, but these patients were more likely to have preoperative anemia (P = .036). Patients undergoing cesarean with labor or ruptured membranes had an increased incidence of both febrile morbidity (P = .023) and wound seroma (P = .008). Maternal morbidity following cesarean delivery in high-risk obstetric patients in a private practice setting is low.

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