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Neonatal respiratory morbidity and mode of delivery at term: influence of timing of elective caesarean section.

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Abstract Title:

Neonatal respiratory morbidity and mode of delivery at term: influence of timing of elective caesarean section.

Abstract Source:

Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1995 Feb;102(2):101-6. PMID: 7756199

Abstract Author(s):

J J Morrison, J M Rennie, P J Milton

Article Affiliation:

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University College London Medical School, UK.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE: To establish whether the timing of delivery between 37 and 42 weeks gestation influences neonatal respiratory outcome and thus provide information which can be used to aid planning of elective delivery at term. DESIGN: All cases of respiratory distress syndrome or transient tachypnoea at term requiring admission to the neonatal intensive care unit were recorded prospectively for nine years. SETTING: Rosie Maternity Hospital, Cambridge. SUBJECTS: During this time 33,289 deliveries occurred at or after 37 weeks of gestation. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: This information enabled calculation of the relative risk of respiratory morbidity for respiratory distress syndrome or transient tachypnoea in relation to mode of delivery and onset of parturition for each week of gestation at term. RESULTS: The incidence of respiratory distress syndrome at term was 2.2/1000 deliveries (95% CI; 1.7-2.7). The incidence of transient tachypnoea was 5.7/1000 deliveries (95% CI; 4.9-6.5). The incidence of respiratory morbidity was significantly higher for the group delivered by caesarean section before the onset of labour (35.5/1000) compared with caesarean section during labour (12.2/1000) (odds ratio, 2.9; 95% CI 1.9-4.4; P<0.001), and compared with vaginal delivery (5.3/1000) (odds ratio, 6.8; 95% CI 5.2-8.9; P<0.001). The relative risk of neonatal respiratory morbidity for delivery by caesarean section before the onset of labour during the week 37+0 to 37+6 compared with the week 38+0 to 38+6 was 1.74 (95% CI 1.1-2.8; P<0.02) and during the week 38+0 to 38+6 compared with the week 39+0 to 39+6 was 2.4 (95% CI 1.2-4.8; P<0.02). CONCLUSIONS: A significant reduction in neonatal respiratory morbidity would be obtained if elective caesarean section was performed in the week 39+0 to 39+6 of pregnancy.


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