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Tun MH, Chari R, Kaul P, Mamede FV, Paulden M, Lefebvre DL, Turvey SE, Moraes TJ, Sears MR, Subbarao P, Mandhane PJ. Prediction of odds for emergency cesarean section: A secondary analysis of the CHILD term birth cohort study. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0268229. [PMID: 36201407 PMCID: PMC9536615 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Previously developed cesarean section (CS) and emergency CS prediction tools use antenatal and intrapartum risk factors. We aimed to develop a predictive model for the risk of emergency CS before the onset of labour utilizing antenatal obstetric and non-obstetric factors. METHODS We completed a secondary analysis of data collected from the CHILD Cohort Study. The analysis was limited to term (≥37 weeks), singleton pregnant women with cephalic presentation. The sample was divided into a training and validation dataset. The emergency CS prediction model was developed in the training dataset and the performance accuracy was assessed by the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve(AUC) of the receiver operating characteristic analysis (ROC). Our final model was subsequently evaluated in the validation dataset. RESULTS The participant sample consisted of 2,836 pregnant women. Mean age of participants was 32 years, mean BMI of 25.4 kg/m2 and 39% were nulliparous. 14% had emergency CS delivery. Each year of increasing maternal age increased the odds of emergency CS by 6% (adjusted Odds Ratio (aOR 1.06,1.02-1.08). Likewise, there was a 4% increase odds of emergency CS for each unit increase in BMI (aOR 1.04,1.02-1.06). In contrast, increase in maternal height has a negative association with emergency CS. The final emergency CS delivery predictive model included six variables (hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, antenatal depression, previous vaginal delivery, age, height, BMI). The AUC for our final prediction model was 0.74 (0.72-0.77) in the training set with a similar AUC in the validation dataset (0.77; 0.71-0.82). CONCLUSION The developed and validated emergency CS delivery prediction model can be used in counselling prospective parents around their CS risk and healthcare resource planning. Further validation of the tool is suggested.
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- Mon H. Tun
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Canadian VIGOUR Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
- School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
- Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Wells JCK, Pomeroy E, Stock JT. Evolution of Lactase Persistence: Turbo-Charging Adaptation in Growth Under the Selective Pressure of Maternal Mortality? Front Physiol 2021; 12:696516. [PMID: 34497534 PMCID: PMC8419441 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.696516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2021] [Accepted: 07/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The emergence of the capacity to digest milk in some populations represents a landmark in human evolution, linking genetic change with a component of niche construction, namely dairying. Alleles promoting continued activity of the enzyme lactase through the life-course (lactase persistence) evolved in several global regions within the last 7,000 years. In some European regions, these alleles underwent rapid selection and must have profoundly affected fertility or mortality. Elsewhere, alleles spread more locally. However, the functional benefits underlying the rapid spread of lactase persistence remain unclear. Here, we set out the hypothesis that lactase persistence promoted skeletal growth, thereby offering a generic rapid solution to childbirth complications arising from exposure to ecological change, or to new environments through migration. Since reduced maternal growth and greater neonatal size both increase the risk of obstructed labour, any ecological exposure impacting these traits may increase maternal mortality risk. Over many generations, maternal skeletal dimensions could adapt to new ecological conditions through genetic change. However, this adaptive strategy would fail if ecological change was rapid, including through migration into new niches. We propose that the combination of consuming milk and lactase persistence could have reduced maternal mortality by promoting growth of the pelvis after weaning, while high calcium intake would reduce risk of pelvic deformities. Our conceptual framework provides locally relevant hypotheses to explain selection for lactase persistence in different global regions. For any given diet and individual genotype, the combination of lactase persistence and milk consumption would divert more energy to skeletal growth, either increasing pelvic dimensions or buffering them from worsening ecological conditions. The emergence of lactase persistence among dairying populations could have helped early European farmers adapt rapidly to northern latitudes, East African pastoralists adapt to sudden climate shifts to drier environments, and Near Eastern populations counteract secular declines in height associated with early agriculture. In each case, we assume that lactase persistence accelerated the timescale over which maternal skeletal dimensions could change, thus promoting both maternal and offspring survival. Where lactase persistence did not emerge, birth weight was constrained at lower levels, and this contributes to contemporary variability in diabetes risk.
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- Jonathan C K Wells
- Childhood Nutrition Research Centre, Population Policy and Practice Research and Teaching Department, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.,Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany
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Gondwe T, Betha K, Kusneniwar G, Bunker CH, Tang G, Simhan H, Reddy P, Haggerty CL. Maternal Factors Associated with Mode of Delivery in a Population with a High Cesarean Section Rate. J Epidemiol Glob Health 2019; 9:252-258. [PMID: 31854166 PMCID: PMC7310794 DOI: 10.2991/jegh.k.191017.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2019] [Accepted: 10/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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We sought to identify factors associated with mode of delivery in a peri-urban Indian population with a high cesarean section rate. Poisson regression with robust error variance was applied to model factors associated with cesarean compared to vaginal delivery in a prospective, preconception pregnancy cohort study in Telangana State, India. Adjusted relative risks and 95% confidence intervals from multivariable models are presented. Among 1164 singleton births between 2010 and 2015, 46% were delivered by cesarean. In multiparous women (n = 674), prior cesarean delivery (4.2, 3.2-5.6), prior twin delivery (1.4, 1.1-1.9), diagnosis of hypertension (1.4, 1.0-2.0), or preeclampsia (3.5, 2.1-5.7) in a prior pregnancy independently increased the risk of cesarean. Prepregnancy overweight/obesity (1.4, 1.0-1.9), a composite of prenatal complications (1.3, 1.0-1.7), a composite of labor complications (1.5, 1.0-2.3), nonreassuring fetal heart rate (2.3, 1.3-4.1), and breech position (2.6, 1.4-5.0) also increased the cesarean risk. Among nulliparous women (n = 233), cephalo-pelvic disproportion (1.9, 1.2-3.0), a composite of labor complications (2.9, 1.8-4.9), and breech position (3.4, 1.9-6.2) increased the risk of cesarean. The high rate of cesarean delivery in this peri-urban Indian population is attributed to history of pregnancy complications, history of prior cesarean, prepregnancy body mass index, and medical indications at delivery.
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- Tamala Gondwe
- Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, SHARE INDIA, MediCiti Institute of Medical Sciences, Ghanpur, Telangana 501401, India
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- Department of Community Medicine, SHARE INDIA, MediCiti Institute of Medical Sciences, Ghanpur, Telangana 501401, India
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- Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Magee-Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, SHARE INDIA, MediCiti Institute of Medical Sciences, Ghanpur, Telangana 501401, India
- Department of Community Medicine, SHARE INDIA, MediCiti Institute of Medical Sciences, Ghanpur, Telangana 501401, India
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- Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Magee-Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Van de Waarsenburg MK, Withagen MIJ, van den Noort F, Schagen van Leeuwen JH, van der Vaart CH. Echogenicity of puborectalis muscle, cervix and vastus lateralis muscle in pregnancy in relation to mode of delivery. ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY 2019; 54:119-123. [PMID: 30461093 DOI: 10.1002/uog.20178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2018] [Revised: 10/04/2018] [Accepted: 10/25/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To confirm our previous observation that levator hiatal dimensions and mean echogenicity of the puborectalis muscle (MEP) are significantly different at 12 weeks' gestation in women who delivered by Cesarean section due to failure to progress compared with those who delivered vaginally. The secondary objective was to assess the association between the echogenicity of the cervix and vastus lateralis muscle and mode of delivery. METHODS In this prospective multicenter study, 306 nulliparous women with a singleton pregnancy underwent ultrasound assessments of the pelvic floor at rest, on maximum pelvic floor muscle contraction and on maximum Valsalva maneuver, of the cervix and of the vastus lateralis muscle at 12 weeks' gestation. Dimensions of the levator hiatus, MEP and mean echogenicity of the cervix and vastus lateralis muscle were measured and compared according to mode of delivery. RESULTS Two hundred and forty-nine women were included in the analyses. We were unable to confirm our previous finding that MEP and levator hiatal transverse diameter and area at 12 weeks' gestation are associated significantly with mode of delivery. In addition, we could not demonstrate a significant association between echogenicity of the cervix or vastus lateralis muscle and mode of delivery. Overall, MEP was a mean of 20 points lower in women in the new database as compared with the previous study, despite the use of the same ultrasound equipment. CONCLUSION In a second, independent multicenter dataset, we were unable to confirm our previous finding that levator hiatal dimensions and MEP on pelvic floor muscle contraction are associated significantly with mode of delivery. We also found no association between echogenicity of the cervix or vastus lateralis and mode of delivery. Copyright © 2018 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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- M K Van de Waarsenburg
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Robotics and Mechatronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, Technical Medical Centre, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sint Antonius Hospital Nieuwegein, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Sovio U, Smith GCS. Blinded ultrasound fetal biometry at 36 weeks and risk of emergency Cesarean delivery in a prospective cohort study of low-risk nulliparous women. ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY 2018; 52:78-86. [PMID: 28452133 DOI: 10.1002/uog.17513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2017] [Revised: 04/19/2017] [Accepted: 04/21/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To compare the association between risk of emergency Cesarean delivery (CD) and non-customized vs customized ultrasound estimated fetal weight (EFW) at 36 weeks' gestation, determine whether addition of ultrasound EFW to a model based on maternal characteristics alone improved prediction of emergency CD, assess the screening performance of a multivariable model using both EFW and maternal characteristics to predict emergency CD, and determine whether women at high predicted risk of emergency CD based on this model had higher risk of maternal and perinatal morbidity compared with screen-negative women. METHODS We studied 3047 low-risk (no pre-existing medical conditions or acquired complications of pregnancy) nulliparous women from the prospective Pregnancy Outcome Prediction study (Cambridge, UK) cohort, who underwent ultrasound EFW at ∼36 weeks' gestation. Both the women and their clinicians were blinded to fetal biometry results. Emergency CD was defined as delivery by Cesarean section in pregnancies in which the date of delivery had not been prearranged. Additional candidate predictors of emergency CD evaluated were maternal age, height, body mass index (BMI), weight gain, fetal abdominal circumference growth velocity and fetal sex. External validation of the predictive model was performed using routinely collected data from 55 337 births in Scotland between 2003 and 2008. Women with an estimated risk of emergency CD ≥ 40% were defined as screen positive. RESULTS Blinded EFW was associated strongly with the risk of emergency CD (coefficient for increase of 1 SD in EFW, 0.39 (95% CI, 0.30-0.48); odds ratio (OR), 1.48 (95% CI, 1.35-1.62)). The coefficient for customized EFW was similar (0.42 (95% CI, 0.33-0.51); OR, 1.53 (95% CI, 1.39-1.67)); hence, for simplicity, non-customized EFW was employed subsequently. A multivariable logistic regression model combining maternal characteristics (age, height, BMI and weight gain between 12 and 36 weeks) was moderately predictive of emergency CD (area under the receiver-operating characteristics curve (AUC) = 0.68). Addition of blinded EFW to the model increased the AUC to 0.71 and improved prediction (likelihood-ratio test P < 0.0001). Based on this model, 189 (6.2%) women were screen positive and 48% of these delivered by CD. Screen-positive women had elevated risks of severe postpartum hemorrhage (relative risk (RR), 2.49; 95% CI, 1.83-3.38), any adverse neonatal outcome (RR, 1.86; 95% CI, 1.22-2.82) and severe adverse neonatal outcome (RR, 4.03; 95% CI, 1.35-12.03) compared with screen-negative women. The risks of these events were also higher compared with women who had a term CD for breech presentation. The model was similarly predictive of the risk of emergency CD and perinatal morbidity when evaluated using the dataset from Scotland. CONCLUSIONS Ultrasound EFW at 36 weeks, combined with maternal characteristics, can identify women who are at increased risk of subsequent emergency CD. These women are at increased risk of maternal and perinatal morbidity compared with women at low risk of emergency CD and those having CD for breech presentation at term. Copyright © 2017 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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- U Sovio
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Cambridge, NIHR Cambridge Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Cambridge, NIHR Cambridge Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, UK
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Wells JCK. The New "Obstetrical Dilemma": Stunting, Obesity and the Risk of Obstructed Labour. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2017; 300:716-731. [PMID: 28297186 DOI: 10.1002/ar.23540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2016] [Revised: 06/27/2016] [Accepted: 08/30/2016] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The "obstetrical dilemma" refers to the tight fit between maternal pelvic dimensions and neonatal size at delivery. Most interest traditionally focused on its generic significance for humans, for example our neonatal altriciality and our complex and lengthy birth process. Across contemporary populations, however, the obstetrical dilemma manifests substantial variability, illustrated by differences in the incidence of cephalo-pelvic disproportion, obstructed labour and cesarean section. Beyond accounting for 12% of maternal mortality worldwide, obstructed labour also imposes a huge burden of maternal morbidity, in particular through debilitating birth injuries. This article explores how the double burden of malnutrition and the global obesity epidemic may be reshaping the obstetrical dilemma. First, short maternal stature increases the risk of obstructed labour, while early age at marriage also risks pregnancy before pelvic growth is completed. Second, maternal obesity increases the risk of macrosomic offspring. In some populations, short maternal stature may also promote the risk of gestational diabetes, another risk factor for macrosomic offspring. These nutritional influences are furthermore sensitive to social values relating to issues such as maternal and child nutrition, gender inequality and age at marriage. Secular trends in maternal obesity are substantially greater than those in adult stature, especially in low- and middle-income countries. The association between the dual burden of malnutrition and the obstetrical dilemma is therefore expected to increase, because the obesity epidemic is emerging faster than stunting is being resolved. However, we currently lack objective population-specific data on the association between maternal obesity and birth injuries. Anat Rec, 300:716-731, 2017. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Jonathan C K Wells
- Childhood Nutrition Research Centre, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, WC1N 1EH, UK
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Janssen PA, Stienen JJC, Brant R, Hanley GE. A Predictive Model for Cesarean Among Low-Risk Nulliparous Women in Spontaneous Labor at Hospital Admission. Birth 2017; 44:21-28. [PMID: 27748986 DOI: 10.1111/birt.12257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND To determine if maternal characteristics measurable upon admission to hospital predict cesarean among low-risk spontaneously laboring nulliparous women. METHODS We undertook a secondary analysis of data from a clinical trial of early labor support for nulliparous women carrying a singleton fetus in cephalic presentation at 37-41 weeks of gestation in British Columbia, Canada. Study participants did not have any discernible risk factors for cesarean at the onset of labor. We developed a prediction model using logistic regression from a sample of 1,302 participants. Internal validation of the model was accomplished by 10-fold cross validation, after which probability scores were calculated based on the mean logistic regression model. To determine the accuracy of our predictive model, we calculated the specificity and sensitivity and the area under the receiver operating curve. RESULTS Advanced maternal age, shorter maternal height, greater gestational age, perception of labor lasting more than 24 hours, and mild or moderate contractions, less cervical dilation, and higher fetal station at time of hospital admission independently predicted cesarean. The C-statistic for the predictive model was 0.71 (0.64-0.75) and the sensitivity and specificity of the model were 0.80 (95% CI 0.76-0.84) and 0.48 (95% CI 0.44-0.52), respectively. CONCLUSIONS Among nulliparous women without apparent risk for cesarean at the time of hospital admission, cesarean delivery can be predicted with 70 percent accuracy using routinely collected information. Tailoring intrapartum care to promote vaginal birth according to a prediction model for cesarean risk deserves further study among apparently low risk women.
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- Patricia A Janssen
- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare (IQ healthcare), Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Schuit E, Kwee A, Westerhuis MEMH, Van Dessel HJHM, Graziosi GCM, Van Lith JMM, Nijhuis JG, Oei SG, Oosterbaan HP, Schuitemaker NWE, Wouters MGAJ, Visser GHA, Mol BWJ, Moons KGM, Groenwold RHH. A clinical prediction model to assess the risk of operative delivery. BJOG 2012; 119:915-23. [PMID: 22568406 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2012.03334.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To predict instrumental vaginal delivery or caesarean section for suspected fetal distress or failure to progress. DESIGN Secondary analysis of a randomised trial. SETTING Three academic and six non-academic teaching hospitals in the Netherlands. POPULATION 5667 labouring women with a singleton term pregnancy in cephalic presentation. METHODS We developed multinomial prediction models to assess the risk of operative delivery using both antepartum (model 1) and antepartum plus intrapartum characteristics (model 2). The models were validated by bootstrapping techniques and adjusted for overfitting. Predictive performance was assessed by calibration and discrimination (area under the receiver operating characteristic), and easy-to-use nomograms were developed. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Incidence of instrumental vaginal delivery or caesarean section for fetal distress or failure to progress with respect to a spontaneous vaginal delivery (reference). RESULTS 375 (6.6%) and 212 (3.6%) women had an instrumental vaginal delivery or caesarean section due to fetal distress, and 433 (7.6%) and 571 (10.1%) due to failure to progress, respectively. Predictors were age, parity, previous caesarean section, diabetes, gestational age, gender, estimated birthweight (model 1) and induction of labour, oxytocin augmentation, intrapartum fever, prolonged rupture of membranes, meconium stained amniotic fluid, epidural anaesthesia, and use of ST-analysis (model 2). Both models showed excellent calibration and the receiver operating characteristics areas were 0.70-0.78 and 0.73-0.81, respectively. CONCLUSION In Dutch women with a singleton term pregnancy in cephalic presentation, antepartum and intrapartum characteristics can assist in the prediction of the need for an instrumental vaginal delivery or caesarean section for fetal distress or failure to progress.
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- E Schuit
- Julius Centre for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Earnest A, Beard JR, Morgan G, Lincoln D, Summerhayes R, Donoghue D, Dunn T, Muscatello D, Mengersen K. Small area estimation of sparse disease counts using shared component models-application to birth defect registry data in New South Wales, Australia. Health Place 2010; 16:684-93. [PMID: 20335062 DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2009] [Revised: 02/10/2010] [Accepted: 02/22/2010] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In the field of disease mapping, little has been done to address the issue of analysing sparse health datasets. We hypothesised that by modelling two outcomes simultaneously, one would be able to better estimate the outcome with a sparse count. We tested this hypothesis utilising Bayesian models, studying both birth defects and caesarean sections using data from two large, linked birth registries in New South Wales from 1990 to 2004. We compared four spatial models across seven birth defects: spina bifida, ventricular septal defect, OS atrial septal defect, patent ductus arteriosus, cleft lip and or palate, trisomy 21 and hypospadias. For three of the birth defects, the shared component model with a zero-inflated Poisson (ZIP) extension performed better than other simpler models, having a lower deviance information criteria (DIC). With spina bifida, the ratio of relative risk associated with the shared component was 2.82 (95% CI: 1.46-5.67). We found that shared component models are potentially beneficial, but only if there is a reasonably strong spatial correlation in effect for the study and referent outcomes.
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- Arul Earnest
- Northern Rivers University Department of Rural Health, The University of Sydney, 55 Uralba Street, Lismore, New South Wales 2480, Australia.
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Chou YJ, Huang N, Lin IF, Deng CY, Tsai YW, Chen LS, Lee CH. Do physicians and their relatives have a decreased rate of cesarean section? A 4-year population-based study in Taiwan. Birth 2006; 33:195-202. [PMID: 16948719 DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536x.2006.00104.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND The increased rate of cesarean deliveries may be partly due to a lack of consumer knowledge. Assuming that physicians and their relatives are well informed of the risks and benefits associated with the different methods of delivery, our goal was to compare cesarean rates between female physicians, female relatives of physicians, and women with high socioeconomic status in Taiwan. METHODS Two subgroups of 588 female physicians and 5,021 relatives of physicians aged 20 to 50 years were compared with 93,737 pregnant women with a monthly wage 40,000 dollars New Taiwan (NT) dollars or more as identified in nationwide National Health Insurance databases of Taiwan from 2000 to 2003. RESULTS Female physicians (adjusted odds ratio 0.66; 95% CI 0.47, 0.93) and female relatives of physicians (adjusted odds ratio 0.84; 95% CI 0.74, 0.95) were significantly less likely to undergo a cesarean section than other high socioeconomic status women, adjusted for clinical and nonclinical factors. CONCLUSIONS In this study, the cesarean delivery rate was lower among women who may have greater access to medical knowledge. However, the lower rates observed among female physicians and physician relatives in Taiwan are still considerably higher than the national averages of many countries. This finding suggests that other than information, practice patterns, and social and cultural milieu may play a role.
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- Yiing-Jenq Chou
- School of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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