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DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1649486
Risk Factors for Umbilical Cord Prolapse at the Time of Artificial Rupture of Membranes
Funding The data included in this article were obtained from the Consortium on Safe Labor, supported by the Intramural Research Program of the NICHD, NIH, through contract number HHSN267200603425C.This project was funded in part with Federal funds (Grant # UL1TR000101 previously UL1RR031975) from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), through the Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program (CTSA), a trademark of DHHS, part of the Roadmap Initiative, “Re-Engineering the Clinical Research Enterprise.”
Publication History
03 February 2018
22 March 2018
Publication Date:
10 May 2018 (online)
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Abstract
Objective The aim of the study was to examine the association between cervical exam at the time of artificial rupture of membranes (AROM) and cord prolapse.
Study Design We conducted a retrospective cohort study using the data from the Consortium on Safe Labor. We included women with cephalic presentation and singleton pregnancies at ≥ 23 weeks' gestation who underwent AROM during the course of labor. Multivariable logistic regression was used to calculate the adjusted odds ratio (aOR) with 95% confidence interval (95% CI), controlling for prespecified covariates.
Results Of 57,204 women who underwent AROM, cord prolapse occurred in 113 (0.2%). Compared with dilation 6 to 10 cm + station ≥ 0 at the time of AROM, <6 cm + any station and 6–10 cm + station ≤ −3 were associated with increased risks of cord prolapse (<6 cm + station ≤ −3 [aOR, 2.29; 95% CI, 1.02–5.40]; <6 cm + station −2.5 to −0.5 [aOR, 2.34; 95% CI, 1.23–4.97]; <6 cm + station ≥ 0 [aOR, 3.31; 95% CI, 1.39–8.09]; and 6–10 cm + station ≤ −3 [aOR, 5.47; 95% CI, 1.35–17.48]).
Conclusion Cervical dilation < 6 cm with any station and 6 to 10 cm with station ≤ −3 were associated with a higher risk of cord prolapse.
Keywords
artificial rupture of membranes - cervical dilation - cord prolapse - fetal station - risk factorsPaper Presentation Information
This article was presented as a poster presentation (#340) at the SMFM 38th Annual Meeting: The Pregnancy Meeting, Dallas, TX (January 29–February 3, 2017).
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