ArticleAmerican journal of public health2010
Obstetrical intervention and the singleton preterm birth rate in the United States from 1991-2006.
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- Worth the Weight? Recent Trends in Obstetric Practices, Gestational Age, and Birth Weight in the United States.Demography · 2020Article
- Cesarean section does not affect neonatal outcomes of pregnancies complicated with preterm premature rupture of membranes.Chinese medical journal · 2020Article
- Preterm Birth in China Between 2015 and 2016.American journal of public health · 2019Article
- International variations in the gestational age distribution of births: an ecological study in 34 high-income countries.European journal of public health · 2018Article
- The Effect of Prior Term Birth on Risk of Recurrent Spontaneous Preterm Birth.American journal of perinatology · 2018Article
- Racial Disparities in Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes and Psychosocial Stress.Obstetrics and gynecology · 2018Observational
- Oregon's Hard-Stop Policy Limiting Elective Early-Term Deliveries: Association With Obstetric Procedure Use and Health Outcomes.Obstetrics and gynecology · 2016Article
- Center Variation in the Delivery of Indicated Late Preterm Births.American journal of perinatology · 2016Article
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- Mode of Delivery in Premature Neonates: Does It Matter?AJP reports · 2016Article
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- The association between temporal changes in the use of obstetrical intervention and small-for-gestational age live births.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2015Article
- Mode of anaesthesia for preterm Caesarean delivery: secondary analysis from the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network Caesarean Registry.British journal of anaesthesia · 2015Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe examined the relationship between obstetrical intervention and preterm birth in the United States between 1991 and 2006.
methodsWe assessed changes in preterm birth, cesarean delivery, labor induction, and associated risks. Logistic regression modeled the odds of preterm obstetrical intervention after risk adjustment.
resultsFrom 1991 to 2006, the percentage of singleton preterm births increased 13%. The cesarean delivery rate for singleton preterm births increased 47%, and the rate of induced labor doubled. In 2006, 51% of singleton preterm births were spontaneous vaginal deliveries, compared with 69% in 1991. After adjustment for demographic and medical risks, the mother of a preterm infant was 88% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.87, 1.90) more likely to have an obstetrical intervention in 2006 than in 1991. Using new birth certificate data from 19 states, we estimated that 42% of singleton preterm infants were delivered via induction or cesarean birth without spontaneous onset of labor.
conclusionsObstetrical interventions were related to the increase in the US preterm birth rate between 1991 and 2006. The public health community can play a central role in reducing medically unnecessary interventions.
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