Amer J PerinatolDOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1248936ABSTRACTWe evaluated the maternal and perinatal complications of cesarean delivery performed in the second stage compared with the first stage of labor in nulliparous women. We performed a hospital-based cohort study in a teaching institution in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The primary maternal outcomes measured included intraoperative surgical complications, duration of surgery, need for blood transfusion, wound infection, transfer to intensive care unit, and length of hospital stay. The neonatal outcomes included 5-minute Apgar score 3 or less, need for endotracheal intubation, admission to neonatal intensive care unit, fetal injury, septicemia, neonatal seizures, and neonatal death. There were 1702 cesarean deliveries performed in the first sta…
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