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GYNECOLOGIC AND OBSTETRIC INVESTIGATION
卷 60, 期 4, 页码 213-217出版社
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000087208
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perinatal database; caesarean delivery; infectious complications
The strongest argument against caesarean delivery relates to maternal complications. Evidence supporting this for elective operations is controversial. The perinatal database 1998 - 2001 of the German state of Baden-Wurttemberg was studied to assess the maternal obstetrical risk associated with caesarean delivery with regard to puerperal infectious complications. For statistical analysis the chi(2) test, Fisher's exact test, Mantel-Haenszel statistics and relative risks were used to describe the risk of exposure. Surgical delivery was associated with a significantly higher risk of infectious disorders ( p < 0.0001). There was a significantly higher risk of septicaemia in the group undergoing caesarean compared to vaginal delivery ( p < 0.0001), for pregnancies with and without risk factors of infection, and also for caesarean delivery prior to labour and rupture of membranes ( ROM) and singleton gestations (RR 8.56; 95% CI 4.4 - 16.65, stratum without risks). The rate of wound disorders was found to be significantly increased in the case of surgical delivery p < 0.0001). After exclusion of pregnancies with risk factors for infectious complications and multi-fetal gestation, a significantly higher risk was also found for caesarean delivery prior to labour and ROM versus vaginal delivery (RR 16.97; 95% CI 14.16 - 20.34). Caesarean delivery significantly increased the likelihood that a woman would experience fever in puerperium ( p < 0.0001), for pregnancies with and without ante- or perinatal risk factors for infectious complications, and also when caesarean delivery prior to labour and ROM and singletons in the cephalic presentation were considered separately ( RR 11.03; 95% CI 9.39 - 12.96; stratum without risks). Considering the obstetrical challenge of how more women can deliver with fewer complications, reducing unnecessary caesarean delivery still seems to be an appropriate approach. Copyright (C) 2005 S. Karger AG, Basel.
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