The Effect of Clinical Chorioamnionitis on Cesarean Delivery in the United States

Objective To examine the association of clinical chorioamnionitis on cesarean delivery in a national sample of hospital discharges. Data Source Hospital discharge data from the 1998–2010 Nationwide Inpatient Sample. Study Design We performed a cross‐sectional study and general linear modeling was us...

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Published in:Health services research 2016-10, Vol.51 (5), p.1879-1895
Main Authors: Bommarito, Kerry M., Gross, Gilad A., Willers, Denise M., Fraser, Victoria J., Olsen, Margaret A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
administrative data
Bacterial infections
Caesarean section
cesarean delivery
Cesarean section
Cesarean Section - statistics & numerical data
Chorioamnionitis
Chorioamnionitis - physiopathology
Clinical chorioamnionitis
Clinical education
Cross-Sectional Studies
Discharge
Female
Geography, Medical - statistics & numerical data
Health aspects
Hospital discharged
Hospitalization
Humans
Hydrologic data
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Multivariate analysis
Patient Discharge - statistics & numerical data
Prediction and Prevention
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications
Pregnancy Outcome
Retrospective Studies
Risk
Risk Factors
Rural communities
Studies
Teaching
United States
Vagina
Women
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Summary:Objective To examine the association of clinical chorioamnionitis on cesarean delivery in a national sample of hospital discharges. Data Source Hospital discharge data from the 1998–2010 Nationwide Inpatient Sample. Study Design We performed a cross‐sectional study and general linear modeling was used to determine the association of clinical chorioamnionitis on risk of cesarean delivery. Principal Findings A total of 10,843,682 deliveries and 51,799,431 nationally weighted deliveries were identified. Clinical chorioamnionitis was present in 2.9 percent of cesarean and 1.3 percent of vaginal deliveries (p 
ISSN:0017-9124
1475-6773
DOI:10.1111/1475-6773.12447