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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Semin Perinatol. 2010 Aug;34(4):272–280. doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2010.03.007

Table 2.

Neonatal morbidity after ERCD compared with VBAC.

Morbidity ERCD (n= 15,212) VBAC (n=8,336) p
RDS 318 (2.1%) 119 (1.4%) 0.0003
TTN 630 (4.1%) 156 (1.9%) 0.0001
NICU Admission 1682 (11.1%) 626 (7.5%) 0.0001
Oxygen 673 (4.4%) 212 (2.5%) 0.0001
Ventilator 192 (1.3%) 63 (0.8%) 0.0003

Data from the The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) created the Maternal Fetal Medicine Units (MFMU) Network registry. ERCD, elective repeat cesarean delivery. VBAC, vaginal birth after cesarean. RDS, respiratory distress syndrome. TTN, transient tachypnea of newborn. NICU, neonatal intensive care unit. Data from Jain, L and Dudell, GG, Respiratory transition in infants delivered by cesarean section. Semin Perinatol. 30:296-304, 2006.