Reducing Cesarean Delivery Surgical Site Complications.

Cesarean delivery (CD) wound complications disrupt the time a mother spends with her newborn. Surgical site infections (SSI) may result in unplanned office visits, emergency room visits, and hospital readmissions. Despite increasing attention to preoperative preparation, the CD SSI rate remains high.

Efficacy of Non-Beta-lactam Antibiotics for Prevention of Cesarean Delivery Surgical Site Infections.

 To examine the association between perioperative Beta ( ))-lactam versus non- -lactam antibiotics and cesarean delivery surgical site infection (SSI).  Retrospective cohort of women undergoing cesarean delivery from January 1 to December 31, 2014. All women undergoing cesarean after 34 weeks with a postpartum visit were included.

Prophylactic Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Obese Women After Cesarean Delivery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Objective: To summarize available studies on wound complication outcomes after prophylactic negative pressure wound therapy for obese women (body mass index 30 or greater).

Data Sources: We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis using electronic database search (PubMed, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, EMBASE, Google scholar, and Web of Science), Cochrane, and trial registries including ClinicalTrials.gov.

Complications of cesarean delivery in the massively obese parturient.

Objective: The objective of the study was to determine predictors of cesarean delivery morbidity associated with massive obesity.

Study Design: This was an institutional review board-approved retrospective study of massively obese women (body mass index, > or = 50 kg/m(2)) undergoing cesarean delivery. Bivariable and multivariable analyses were used to assess the strength of association between wound complication and various predictors.

Maternal super-obesity (body mass index > or = 50) and adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Objective: To determine if pregnancy complications are increased in super-obese (a body mass index (BMI) of 50 or more) compared to other, less obese parturients.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting And Population: All 19,700 eligible women, including 425 (2.

Timing of elective repeat cesarean delivery at term and neonatal outcomes: a cost analysis.

Objective: The purpose of this investigation was to examine the economic impact of performing elective repeat cesarean during 37 or 38 weeks of gestation relative to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommendation of a 39-week delivery.

Study Design: Decision analysis modeling was used to estimate economic outcomes for a hypothetical cohort of neonates using data from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network study of "Timing of Elective Repeat Cesarean Delivery at Term and Neonatal Outcomes." Costs and charges were estimated using the Florida Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project.

Morbidity associated with sickle cell disease in pregnancy.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify morbidity that is associated with sickle cell disease (SCD) in pregnancy.

Study Design: The Nationwide Inpatient Sample from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for the years 2000-2003 was queried for all pregnancy-related discharges with a diagnosis of SCD.

Results: There were 17,952 deliveries (0.