None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Currently in Australia about one in five babies are delivered by Caesarean section. An increasing number of mothers having Caesarean section have increased body size. Body size is calculated from a person’s height and weight and is called BMI for body mass index. BMI is used to estimate if a person is underweight, ideal weight, overweight or obese. There is only limited information on how increased BMI affects the care for women having a Caesarean section and their babies. We plan to look at the relationship between a mother’s BMI, and how long her Caesarean section takes and whether her size is associated with complications for her or her baby after the Caesarean section. We hope this work will help plan for even better care for women having babies.
Interventions
No intervention, observational only
Major measured endpoint total anaesthesia time, approximately two hours per patient.
Secondary endpoints collected for clinical purposes:
Aspects of anaesthesia care
Maternal body mass index
Maternal hospital stay and complications (days)
Neonatal stay and complications (days)
Sponsors
The University of Melbourne
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. Adults 18 years and older 2. Caesarean section both elective and emergency 3. Participating hospitals
Exclusion criteria
1. Maternal Age < 18 years 2. Patient requests her data, or either parent requests the baby’s data, are excluded 3. Planned combined surgery i.e. caesarean + tubal ligation, caesarean + hysterectomy caesarean + ovarian cystectomy, caesarean + fetal surgery (EXIT) etc
Outcome results
None listed