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Table 2 The short-term adverse outcomes of vaginal breech deliveries and non-urgent cesarean sections at 32 + 0—36 + 6 gestational weeks 2004–2017 in Finland

From: Neonatal outcome in vaginal breech labor at 32 + 0—36 + 0 weeks of gestation: a nationwide, population-based record linkage study

 

Vaginal

breech labor

n / %

535 / 100%

Non-urgent cesarean

section

n / %

227 / 100%

P-value

Adjusted ORa

(95% confidence interval)

Neonatal death 0–27 days

1 / 0.2%

0 / 0.0%

0,515

 

Arterial umbilical

pH < 7

6 / 1.1%

0 / 0.0%

0,109

 

5 min Apgar < 4

7 / 1.3%

1 / 0.4%

0,282

2.77

(0.30—25.58)

5 min Apgar < 7

41 / 7.7%

8 / 3.5%

0,033

2.48

(1.08—5.59)

Intubation

15 / 2.8%

5 / 2.2%

0,635

1.24

(0.38—6.06)

Antibiotics newborn

111 / 20.7%

68 / 30.0%

0,006

0.60

(0.40—0.89)

Neonatal NICU admission

265 / 49.5%

162 / 71.4%

 < 0,001

0.47

(0.33—0.68)

Severe adverse outcome

(arterial umbilical pH < 7, 5 min Apgar < 4, neonatal death 0-27d)

14 / 2.6%

1 / 0.4%

0,048

7.11

(0.83—60.79)

Birth trauma

8 / 1.5%

0 / 0.0%

0,064

 

RDS

63 / 11.8%

62 / 27.3%

 < 0,001

0.30

(0.19—0.48)

Neonatal convulsions

1 / 0.2%

0 / 0.0%

0,515

 

Cerebral ischemia

0 / 0%

0 / 0%

  

HIE

0 / 0%

0 / 0%

  

Congenital hypotonia

0 / 0%

0 / 0%

  

Any dg of IVH, RDS, neonatal convulsions, cerebral ischemia, or HIE

63 / 11.8%

62 / 27.3%

 < 0,001

0.30

(0.19—0.48)

  1. OR Odds Ratio, NICU Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, RDS Respiratory Distress Syndrome, HIE Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy, dg diagnose, IVH Intraventricular Hemorrhage due to birth injury
  2. aAdjusted for maternal age, parity, BMI, smoking, diabetes, oligohydramnios, child’s sex, and birth weight < 10th percentile