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Table 4 Maternal outcomes following attempted external cephalic version at delivery admission among women with persistent breech presentation

From: Maternal outcomes of term breech presentation delivery: impact of successful external cephalic version in a nationwide sample of delivery admissions in the United States

 

ECV attempted

(N = 26,455) N (%)

No ECV attempted

(N = 1,013,855) N (%)

Adjusted Odds Ratio (95 % CI)

Cesarean delivery

10, 357 (39.2 %)

963, 706 (95.1 %)

0.03 (0.03–0.04)

Thromboembolic phenomena

26 (0.1 %)

1024 (0.1 %)

0.97 (0.40–2.36)

Anesthesia complications

**

374 (0.0 %)

0.49 (0.07–3.49)

Chorioamnionitis

268 (1.0 %)

8807 (0.9 %)

1.14 (0.87 to 1.49)

Endometritis

130 (0.5 %)

6442 (0.6 %)

0.77 (0.52–1.13)

Sepsis

130 (0.5 %)

6561 (0.6 %)

0.76 (0.51–1.11)

Blood transfusion

121 (0.5 %)

7281 (0.7 %)

0.75 (0.47–1.19)

Hysterectomy

19 (0.1 %)

812 (0.1 %)

0.81 (0.30–2.19)

Length of stay > 7 days

167 (0.6 %)

12, 536 (1.2 %)

0.57 (0.39–0.83)

  1. ECV = External cephalic version; **Cell sizes less than 11 cannot be disclosed in accordance with data use agreement; The codes for endometritis are included in the definition for maternal sepsis. Adjusted Odds Ratio (95 % CI); Adjusted for all characteristics in Table 1; All percentages weighted