TY - JOUR
T1 - Assisted Vaginal Deliveries in Mothers Admitted as Public or Private Patients in Western Australia
AU - Einarsdottir, Kristjana
AU - Haggar, Fatima
AU - Stock, Sarah
AU - Gunnell, A.S.
AU - Stanley, Fiona
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - BackgroundMothers delivering as private patients in Australia have a high rate of assisted deliveries, which could lead to adverse infant outcomes in this group of patients. We investigated whether the risk of adverse infant outcomes after assisted deliveries was different for mothers admitted as public or private patients for delivery, when compared with unassisted deliveries.Methods and findingsWe included 158,241 vaginal, singleton, term birth admissions in our study where the infant was live born and without birth defects. The study population was identified from statutory birth and hospital data collections held by the Western Australian (WA) Department of Health. We estimated odds ratios and confidence intervals using logistic regression models adjusted for a range of maternal demographic, pregnancy and birth characteristics. Interaction was assessed by including interaction terms in the models. Outcomes included low Apgar scores at five minutes (
AB - BackgroundMothers delivering as private patients in Australia have a high rate of assisted deliveries, which could lead to adverse infant outcomes in this group of patients. We investigated whether the risk of adverse infant outcomes after assisted deliveries was different for mothers admitted as public or private patients for delivery, when compared with unassisted deliveries.Methods and findingsWe included 158,241 vaginal, singleton, term birth admissions in our study where the infant was live born and without birth defects. The study population was identified from statutory birth and hospital data collections held by the Western Australian (WA) Department of Health. We estimated odds ratios and confidence intervals using logistic regression models adjusted for a range of maternal demographic, pregnancy and birth characteristics. Interaction was assessed by including interaction terms in the models. Outcomes included low Apgar scores at five minutes (
U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0061699
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0061699
M3 - Article
C2 - 23610593
SN - 1932-6203
VL - 8
SP - 6pp
JO - PLoS One
JF - PLoS One
IS - 4
ER -
