Emergent Prelabor Cesarean Birth in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: Associated Risk Factors and Outcomes.

Publication/Presentation Date

11-8-2022

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Pregnancies after solid-organ transplant are at a higher risk for antepartum admission and pregnancy complications, including cesarean birth. Emergent prelabor cesarean is associated with increased maternal and neonatal morbidity in other high-risk populations, but its incidence and impact in transplant recipients is not well understood OBJECTIVE: To characterize the risk factors and outcomes of emergency prelabor cesarean birth in kidney and liver transplant recipients STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study of all kidney and liver transplant recipients >20 weeks' gestation enrolled in the Transplant Pregnancy Registry International between 1976 and 2019. Participants admitted antepartum who required an emergency prelabor cesarean were compared to those admitted antepartum who underwent non-emergent birth. Primary outcomes were composite severe maternal morbidity and neonatal composite morbidity. Multivariable logistic regression was conducted for neonatal composite morbidity RESULTS: Of 1,979 births, 181 pregnancies (188 neonates) with an antepartum admission were included. 51 pregnancies (53 neonates, 28%) were delivered by emergent prelabor cesarean birth compared with 130 pregnancies (135 neonates, 72%) admitted antepartum who subsequently did not require emergent delivery. The most common indication for emergent delivery was non-reassuring fetal heart tracing (44 neonates, 86%). Pregnant people who underwent an emergent prelabor cesarean were less likely to birth at a transplant center (37.3% vs 41.5%, p=0.04) and had increased rates of chronic hypertension (33.3% vs 16.2%, p=0.02). There was no significant difference in severe maternal morbidity (3.9% vs 4.6%, p=0.84), though there was an increase in surgical site infection in the emergent prelabor cesarean cohort (3.9% vs 0%, p=0.02). Among those with an emergent prelabor cesarean, there was a significant increase in neonatal composite morbidity (43.4% vs 19.3%, p

First Page

100799

Last Page

100799

ISSN

2589-9333

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

36368514

Department(s)

Department of Surgery

Document Type

Article

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