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The association of timing of repeat cesarean with outcomes among a cohort of Guatemalan women with a history of prior cesarean birth

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BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH
Volume 21, Issue 1, Pages -

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BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-021-04000-3

Keywords

Mode of delivery after cesarean; Guatemala; Pre-labor cesarean; Intrapartum cesarean

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  1. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development Women's Reproductive Health Research K12 award [5K12HD001271]
  2. Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

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This analysis aimed to observe if outcomes of repeat cesarean birth vary by timing among women with a history of one prior cesarean birth in Guatemala. It was found that hypertensive disease increases the likelihood of pre-labor cesarean, while outcomes after failed trial of labor do not appear worse than those after pre-labor cesarean birth.
Background The objective of this analysis was to observe whether maternal and perinatal/neonatal outcomes of birth vary by timing of repeat cesarean among women with a history of one prior cesarean birth in a Guatemalan cohort. Methods This secondary analysis was conducted using data from a prospective study conducted in communities in Chimaltenango, Guatemala through the Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research. Results Between January 2017 and April 2020, 26,465 women delivered; 3,143 (11.9%) of those women had a singleton gestation and a history of prior cesarean delivery. 2,210 (79.9%) women with a history of prior cesarean birth had data available on mode of delivery and gave birth by repeat cesarean; 1312 (59.4%) were pre-labor cesareans while 896 (40.5%) were intrapartum cesarean births. Risk factors associated with an increased risk of intrapartum cesarean birth included hospital delivery as compared to other location (ARR 1.6 [1.2,2.1]) and dysfunctional labor (ARR 1.6 [1.4,1.9]). Variables associated with a reduced risk of intrapartum cesarean birth were hypertensive disease (ARR 0.7 [0.6,0.9]), schooling (ARR 0.9 [0.8,0.9]), and increasing age, which was associated with a very slight reduction in the outcome (ARR 0.99 [0.98,0.99]). Maternal and neonatal outcomes did not vary by type of cesarean birth. Conclusion Outcomes of cesarean birth do not seem to vary by timing of repeat cesarean birth, with hypertensive disease increasing the likelihood of pre-labor cesarean. This information might be useful in counseling women that outcomes after failed trial of labor do not appear worse than those after pre-labor cesarean birth.

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