TITLE:
Maternal and Neonatal Outcome for Singleton and Twin Pregnancies in Emergency Cesarean Section vs. Urgent Cesarean Section in a Retrospective Evaluation from 2003-2012
AUTHORS:
Andrea Mölgg, Stefan Jirecek, Victoria Girtler, Rainer Lehner
KEYWORDS:
Emergency Cesarean Section, Maternal Outcome, Neonatal Outcome, Twins, Urgent Cesarean Section
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Vol.4 No.14,
October
21,
2014
ABSTRACT: Objectives: Emergency
cesarean is performed, when a situation requires immediate action in order to
reduce the risk to mother and/or child, while urgent cesarean is done if a
non-life threatening but compromising situation occurs. The aim of the study
was to investigate the maternal and fetal outcome for emergency and urgent
cesarean. Study Design: A retrospective case-control study was performed; cases
underwent emergency cesarean section, while controls underwent urgent cesarean
section. We included 303 cases of women and 336 cases of children, and controls
were matched. Maternal and fetal outcome parameters for singleton and twin
pregnancies were investigated using the Wilcoxon test and the Chi-square-test.
Results: Maternal outcome: Higherblood
loss (cases: mean 383.12 ± 232.89, range 100 - 2500 vs. controls: 336.06 ±
129.19, range 100- 1000, p =
0.008), hemorrhage (34 vs. 11, p