ArticleAmerican journal of obstetrics and gynecology2014
The mortality risk of expectant management compared with delivery stratified by gestational age and race and ethnicity.
Article in American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Adverse Perinatal Outcomes at Term.American journal of perinatology · 2023Observational
- Racial and ethnic disparities in birth outcomes and labour and delivery-related charges among women with intellectual and developmental disabilities.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR · 2019Article
- Optimal Timing of Delivery Based on the Risk of Stillbirth and Infant Death Associated with Each Additional Week of Expectant Management in Multiple Pregnancies: a National Cohort Study of Koreans.Journal of Korean medical science · 2018Article
- Elective induction of labor at 39 weeks among nulliparous women: The impact on maternal and neonatal risk.PloS one · 2018Article
- Optimal time of delivery to reduce the risk of infant mortality in small and normally grown fetuses: A national cohort study in Korea.PloS one · 2018Article
- Defining Abnormal Fetal Growth and Perinatal Risk: Population or Customized Standards?PLoS medicine · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe objective of the study was to compare the mortality risk of expectant management with the risk of delivery at each week of term pregnancy in 4 racial/ethnic groups. STUDY
designThis was a retrospective cohort study of all nonanomalous, term deliveries in California from 1997 to 2006 among white, black, Hispanic, and Asian women. In each racial/ethnic group, we compared the risk of infant death at each week with a composite risk representing the mortality risk of 1 week of expectant management.
resultsThe risk of stillbirth and infant death is highest in black women (stillbirth risk: 18.0 per 10,000, infant death: 24.4 per 10,000, compared with 9.4 per 10,000 and 10.8 per 10,000 in white women, respectively; P < .001). Although absolute risks differ by race/ethnicity, the composite risk of expectant management does not surpass the risk of delivery until 39 weeks in any group. At 39 weeks these absolute risk differences are low, however, with a number needed to deliver to prevent 1 death ranging from 751 (among black women) to 2587 (among Asian women).
conclusionThe mortality risk of expectant management exceeds the risk of delivery at 39 weeks in all racial/ethnic groups, despite variation in absolute risks.
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