The Association Between Delivery Method and Maternal Rehospitalization

Western Galilee Hospital-Nahariya

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hospitalization

Treatments: Procedure: Vaginal delivery; Procedure: Cesarean section

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00501501

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Details and patient eligibility

About

Hypothesis: The rates of rehospitalization after cesarean section are significantly higher than those following spontaneous vaginal delivery and are due mainly to late bleeding and less to infection.

Full description

To determine if there is an association between delivery method and maternal rehospitalization rate, the type of association and the reasons for rehospitalization.

The study population will consist women who were rehospitalized in the Western Galilee Hospital following cesarean section and after a vaginal delivery. Demographic data and hospitalization characteristics will be analyzed.

Enrollment: 92 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Parturients rehospitalized after delivery