Predicting the risks and recognizing the signs:a two-year prospective population-based study on pregnant women with uterine rupture in The Netherlands

Objective: To estimate the incidence of uterine rupture in the Netherlands and evaluate risk indicators prelabour and during labor of women with adverse maternal and/or perinatal outcome. Methods: This is a population-based nationwide study using the Netherlands Obstetrics Surveillance System (NethOSS). We performed a two-year registration of pregnant women with uterine rupture. The first year of registration included both women with complete uterine rupture and women with incomplete (peritoneum intact) uterine rupture. The second year of registration included women with uterine rupture with a... Mehr ...