Umbilical Cord pH Levels and Neonatal Morbidity and Mortality.

Importance: Umbilical cord pH (UC-pH) level is an important objective indicator of intrapartum fetal hypoxia and is used to predict neonatal morbidity and mortality. A UC-pH value of less than 7.00 is often defined as a threshold for severe acidosis, but existing evidence is divergent and largely based on UC-pH measurements from selected populations; consequently, the results are challenging to interpret.

Preterm birth in the Nordic countries-Capacity, management and outcome in neonatal care.

Aim: Organisation of care, perinatal and neonatal management of very preterm infants in the Nordic regions were hypothesised to vary significantly. The aim of this observational study was to test this hypothesis.

Methods: Information on preterm infants in the 21 greater healthcare regions of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden was gathered from national registers in 2021.

Risk of complications in the late vs early days of the 42nd week of pregnancy: A nationwide cohort study.

Introduction: Uncertainty remains about the most appropriate timing of induction of labor in late-term pregnancies. To address this issue, this study aimed to compare the risk of neonatal morbidity and pregnancy- and birth-related complications between gestational age (GA) 41 -42 and GA 41 -41  weeks.

Material And Methods: This nationwide registry-based cohort study included singleton births without major congenital malformations, with registered GA, and with intended vaginal delivery at GA 41 - 42  weeks between 2009 and 2018 in Denmark.

Risk factors and between-hospital variation of caesarean section in Denmark: a cohort study.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to estimate the effects of risk factors on elective and emergency caesarean section (CS) and to estimate the between-hospital variation of risk-adjusted CS proportions.

Design: Historical registry-based cohort study.

Settings And Participants: The study was based on all singleton deliveries in hospital units in Denmark from January 2009 to December 2012.

The Danish National Quality Database for Births.

Aim Of The Database: The aim of the Danish National Quality Database for Births (DNQDB) is to measure the quality of the care provided during birth through specific indicators.

Study Population: The database includes all hospital births in Denmark.

Main Variables: Anesthesia/pain relief, continuous support for women in the delivery room, lacerations (third and fourth degree), cesarean section, postpartum hemorrhage, establishment of skin-to-skin contact between the mother and the newborn infant, severe fetal hypoxia (proportion of live-born children with neonatal hypoxia), delivery of a healthy child after an uncomplicated birth, and anesthesia in case of cesarean section.

[Uterine necrosis upon acute caesarean section in a homozygous factor VLeiden patient].

Peripartum hysterectomy is a rare but life-saving procedure. Haemorrhage, atony, placenta accreta/praevia or uterus rupture are the most common reasons for hysterectomy. This case report presents a 35-year-old woman, gravida 2, para 1, with total necrosis of the uterus and ovaries bilaterally after an acute caesarean section.