Journal article
Risk factors associated with adverse maternal outcomes following intrapartum cesarean birth: a secondary analysis of the WHO global survey on maternal and perinatal health, 2004–2008
MS Harrison, AP Betrán, K Suresh, JP Vogel, RL Goldenberg, AM Gülmezoglu
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | BMC | Published : 2020
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Abstract
Background: To identify risk factors associated with a composite adverse maternal outcomes in women undergoing intrapartum cesarean birth. Methods: We used the facility-based, multi-country, cross-sectional WHO Global Survey of Maternal and Perinatal Health (2004–2008) to examine associations between woman-, labor/obstetric-, and facility-level characteristics and a composite adverse maternal outcome of postpartum morbidity and mortality. This analysis was performed among women who underwent intrapartum cesarean birth during the course of labor. Results: We analyzed outcomes of 29,516 women from low- and middle-income countries who underwent intrapartum cesarean birth between the gestational..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Our study is a secondary analysis of the WHO Global Survey on Maternal and Perinatal Health which was financially supported by the UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction; WHO; the Governments of China, India, and Japan; and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). These funding bodies had no role in the design, analysis, or interpretation of this secondary analysis of previously collected data.r This article represents the views of the named authors only, and does not represent the views of the World Health Organization. This secondary analysis of the survey was supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development Women's Reproductive Health Research K12 award (5K12HD001271) and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. These funding bodies (NICHD and DDCF) had no role in the design, analysis, or interpretation of this secondary analysis of previously collected data.