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Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 May 1;202(6):632.e1–632.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.03.045

Table 1.

Incidence of Adverse Neonatal Outcome Following Elective Repeat Cesarean Delivery by Completed Week of Gestation at Delivery

	NICHD-MFMU Data^* Weeks Gestation (%)^†			Florida HCUP-SID Data^‡
Outcome	37 Weeks Completed Gestation (6.3%)	38 Weeks Completed Gestation (29.5%)	39 Weeks Completed Gestation (49.1%)	37–39 Weeks Completed Gestation
Respiratory Distress Syndrome (%)	3.7	1.9	0.9	2.47
Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (%)	4.8	3.9	2.7	4.75
Admission to NICU (%)	12.8	8.1	5.9	NR
Newborn Sepsis (proved cases) (%)	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.00
Treated Hypoglycemia (%)	2.4	0.9	0.7	1.97
Ventilation Required in 1^st 24 hours (%)	1.9	0.9	0.4	0.19
Hospital stay ≥ 5 days (%)	9.1	5.7	3.6	4.37

NICU = Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

NR = Not reported as all hospitals reporting do not have NICU services

Reference 6

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Percent of elective repeat cesarean deliveries occurring in NICHD-MFMU investigation of Timing of Elective Repeat Cesarean Delivery (Reference 6)

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Reference 9