Acute care visits and rehospitalization in women and infants after cesarean birth.
Article
Donahue, D, Brooten, D, Roncoli, M et al. (1994). Acute care visits and rehospitalization in women and infants after cesarean birth.
. Journal of Perinatology, 14(1), 36-40.
Donahue, D, Brooten, D, Roncoli, M et al. (1994). Acute care visits and rehospitalization in women and infants after cesarean birth.
. Journal of Perinatology, 14(1), 36-40.
Donahue, D; Brooten, D; Roncoli, M; Arnold, L; Knapp, H; Borucki, L; Cohen, A
abstract
This study, conducted as a randomized clinical trial, focuses on acute care visits and rehospitalizations of mothers whose infants were delivered by cesarean section (n = 122) and infants (n = 123) for 8 weeks after hospital discharge. There were three maternal rehospitalizations. Maternal acute care visits were for wound infections or complications (27 of 34); 21 occurred in the first 4 weeks. Seventy-five percent of infant rehospitalizations were for infection or possible infection; 22 of 31 infant acute care visits occurred in first 4 weeks for bilirubin checks and infant care problems, and 21 of 25 visits in weeks 5 to 8 were for infections. Discharge teaching and home care in first 4 weeks after discharge and issues related to infant infections in the second 4-week period may reduce the need for rehospitalizations and acute care visits in both mothers who had cesarean section and their infants.
