title: Comparative analysis of perinatal outcomes among different typesof deliveries in term pregnancies in a reference maternity of Southeast Brazil.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the perinatal outcomes of women undergoing an elective cesarean section (CS) with those who had an emergency CS during the labor.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective cohort study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Hospital Estadual Azevedo Lima (HEAL), Niteroi, Brazil.
  
  
  METHODS
  We analysed elective CS, emergent CS and vaginal delivery as dependent variables and neonatal data (admission in intensive care unit) as independent variables. Using the Statement of Live Birth during a three-month period, all patients who had their children after 38 complete weeks of pregnancy were selected. χ2 test and Student t-tests were applied to compare the groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  When patients who had vaginal delivery were compared with those who had an elective CS, we observed 219 normal deliveries with 1.8% of hospitalizations in neonatal intensive care units (NICU), and 88 patients of elective CS with 2.3% of admissions in closed units (p = 0.401). We had a sample of 108 newborns delivered by CS during the labor with 8.3% rate of hospitalization in NICU versus 1.8% of 219 newborns delivered vaginally (p = 0.005).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The worst perinatal outcomes occurred when emergency CS were performed.
authors.forename: A C P
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Leite
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Araujo Júnior
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Helfer
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Marcolino
authors.forename: F A P
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Vasques
authors.forename: R A M
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Sá
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D002585:Cesarean Section; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D003906:Developing Countries; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D010343:Patient Admission; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome / Q000208:ethnology*; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D012189:Retrospective Studies
keywords: cesarean section; emergency; perinatal outcomes; term pregnancy.; vaginal delivery