Complicações puerperais precoces e nos primeiros seis anos após o parto associadas à via de parto: coorte de pelotas de 2004

Abstract

This volume is part of the requirements for qualifying for and obtaining the doctorate degree in Epidemiology. This is a study investigating maternal complications after childbirth. The main objective was to investigate early maternal complications and up to six years after childbirth according to the mode of delivery employed. The secondary objectives were (1) to systematically review the literature on severe acute maternal complications associated with Cesarean section childbirth with no medical indication compared to vaginal childbirth and (2) to describe the prevalence of repeat Cesarean section in subsequent pregnancies among primiparae and identify factors associated with it. The study used data from the 2004 Pelotas birth cohort. The analyses were descriptive with calculations of prevalences, means, and proportions, as well as of association and multivariable analyses. From the results of the analyses, three papers were written, one of which a systematic review, to be published and publicized to the scientific community.