Second-stage labor duration in nulliparous women: relationship to maternal and perinatal outcomes

Dwight J. Rouse; Steven J. Weiner; Steven L. Bloom; Michael W. Varner; Catherine Y. Spong; Susan M. Ramin; Steve N. Caritis; Alan M. Peaceman; Yoram Sorokin; Anthony Sciscione; Marshall W. Carpenter; Brian M. Mercer; John M. Thorp; Fergal D. Malone; Margaret Harper; Jay D. Iams; Garland D. Anderson

doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2009.08.003

Second-stage labor duration in nulliparous women: relationship to maternal and perinatal outcomes

Dwight J. Rouse^*, Steven J. Weiner, Steven L. Bloom, Michael W. Varner, Catherine Y. Spong, Susan M. Ramin, Steve N. Caritis, Alan M. Peaceman, Yoram Sorokin, Anthony Sciscione, Marshall W. Carpenter, Brian M. Mercer, John M. Thorp, Fergal D. Malone, Margaret Harper, Jay D. Iams, Garland D. Anderson

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Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess maternal and perinatal outcomes as a function of second-stage labor duration. Study Design: We assessed outcomes in nulliparous laboring women who were enrolled in a trial of fetal pulse oximetry. Results: Of 5341 participants, 4126 women reached the second stage of labor. As the duration of the second stage increased, spontaneous vaginal delivery rates declined, from 85% when the duration was <1 hour to 9% when it was ≥5 hours. Adverse maternal outcomes that were associated significantly with the duration of the second stage of labor included chorioamnionitis (overall rate, 3.9%), third- or fourth-degree perineal laceration (overall rate, 8.7%), and uterine atony (overall rate, 3.9%). Odds ratios for each additional hour of the second stage of labor ranged from 1.3-1.8. Among individual adverse neonatal outcomes, only admission to a neonatal intensive care unit was associated significantly with second stage duration (odds ratio, 1.4). Conclusion: The second stage of labor does not need to be terminated for duration alone.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	357.e1-357.e7
Journal	American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
Volume	201
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2009.08.003
State	Published - Oct 2009

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Supported by Grants from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD21410, HD27860, HD27869, HD27915, HD27917, HD34116, HD34136, HD34208, HD40485, HD40500, HD40512, HD40544, HD40545, HD40560, and HD36801). Research Obstetrics

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Rouse, D. J., Weiner, S. J., Bloom, S. L., Varner, M. W., Spong, C. Y., Ramin, S. M., Caritis, S. N., Peaceman, A. M., Sorokin, Y., Sciscione, A., Carpenter, M. W., Mercer, B. M., Thorp, J. M., Malone, F. D., Harper, M., Iams, J. D., & Anderson, G. D. (2009). Second-stage labor duration in nulliparous women: relationship to maternal and perinatal outcomes. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 201(4), 357.e1-357.e7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2009.08.003

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