Cesarean section complications according to degree of emergency during labour

Objective Evaluate the complications rate of cesarean section delivery based on degree labour emergency. Study design Monocentric (Lille, France), retrospective study all term, singleton, and deliveries during labour. Three groups were categorized emergency according to a color code: green (no time limit between surgical decision birth), orange (birth within 30 min), red 20 min). Scheduled cesareans excluded. Complications defined as minor/major intra-/post-operative. Results A total 881 patients included. Among these, 303 (34.5 %) in group, 353 (40.1 225 (25.4 group. Major intra-operative complications, mainly postpartum hemorrhage, more frequent group compared with (16.9 % vs. 9.9 %, p = 0.05; OR 1.9; 95 CI [1.1–3.1]). minor there was no difference moderate hemorrhage four times uterine artery wounds (1.7 7.1 respectively; 0.007; 4.6; [1.6–12.6]). The overall major post-operative complication rate, infectious morbidity, 6.1 this (12.4 1.7 < 0.0001; 8.5; [3.2–22.3]). Conclusion Pre- (i.e., cesarean) increase It would be ideal identify women who are at increased risk earlier, so that situation does not escalate code cesarean.