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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2013 Apr 2;209(1):38.e1–38.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2013.04.001

Table 4.

Indication for Cesarean by Type of Internal Monitor

No Internal
Monitors
(n=2,501)
FSE Only
(n=625)
AOR
(95% CI)
IUPC Only
(n=789)
AOR
(95% CI)
Both FSE &
IUPC
(n=2,530)
AOR
(95% CI)
Cesarean for
Arrest
Disorder
65 (2.6%) 19 (3.0%) 0.8 (0.5–1.4)* 63 (8.0%) 1.7 (1.1–2.5) 197 (7.8%) 1.7 (1.2–2.3)
Cesarean for
Non-
Reassuring
Fetal Status
117 (4.7%) 28 (4.5%) 0.8 (0.5–1.2) 44 (5.6%) 0.9 (0.6–1.3)§ 379 (15.0%) 2.6 (2.1–3.3)§

No internal monitors used as reference group

*

Adjusted for prior vaginal delivery, rupture of membranes >12 hours, gestational age at delivery, induction of labor, black race, maternal fever prior to delivery, and regional anesthesia

Adjusted for prior vaginal delivery, rupture of membranes >12 hours, gestational age at delivery, obesity, induction of labor, black race, maternal fever prior to delivery, and regional anesthesia

Adjusted for prior vaginal delivery, gestational age at delivery, black race, induction of labor, obesity, and regional anesthesia

§

Adjusted for prior vaginal delivery, gestational age at delivery, induction of labor, and obesity