Association of Oxytocin Use and Artificial Rupture of Membranes With Cesarean Delivery in France. 2020

Aude Girault, and Camille Bonnet, and François Goffinet, and Béatrice Blondel, and Camille Le Ray
Port-Royal Maternity Unit, Department of Obstetrics, Cochin Broca Hôtel-Dieu Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, and INSERM UMR 1153, Obstetrical, Perinatal and Paediatric Epidemiology Research Team (Epopé), Centre for Epidemiology and Statistics Sorbonne Paris Cité (CRESS), DHU Risks in Pregnancy, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France.

To evaluate whether the decrease in the frequency of oxytocin administration and artificial rupture of membranes observed between the 2010 and 2016 French Perinatal Surveys was associated with a change in the frequency of cesarean delivery or cesarean delivery indications among women who entered labor spontaneously. This cross-sectional study included women who participated in the 2010 and 2016 French National surveys who had singleton pregnancies and who gave birth at at least 37 weeks of gestation after spontaneous labor to a liveborn neonate in cephalic presentation. To test whether the observed decrease of oxytocin administration and artificial rupture of membranes between the two study years was explained by the women's individual characteristics and maternity units' organizational characteristics change, multivariable analyses were performed. The same strategy was applied for the change in intrapartum cesarean delivery rates between the 2 years. These analyses were repeated in nulliparous, low obstetric risk women, multiparous low obstetric risk women, and women with a previous cesarean delivery. The cesarean delivery indications were compared in 2010 and 2016. Oxytocin administration decreased significantly from 58.3% in 2010 to 45.2% in 2016 (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 0.51; 95% CI 0.47-0.55), as did artificial rupture of membranes, from 52.4% to 42.6% (aOR 0.66; 95% CI 0.62-0.71). The intrapartum cesarean delivery rate remained stable-6.9% compared with 6.6% (aOR 0.93; 95% CI 0.82-1.06). The same patterns were observed in low risk groups and women with a previous cesarean delivery. The cesarean delivery indications were similar in both years. The significant decrease in oxytocin administration and artificial rupture of membranes in 2016 compared with 2010 was not accompanied by an increase in the intrapartum cesarean delivery rate for women in France who entered labor spontaneously. These results support the recent international guidelines.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007743 Labor, Obstetric The repetitive uterine contraction during childbirth which is associated with the progressive dilation of the uterine cervix (CERVIX UTERI). Successful labor results in the expulsion of the FETUS and PLACENTA. Obstetric labor can be spontaneous or induced (LABOR, INDUCED). Obstetric Labor
D010121 Oxytocin A nonapeptide hormone released from the neurohypophysis (PITUITARY GLAND, POSTERIOR). It differs from VASOPRESSIN by two amino acids at residues 3 and 8. Oxytocin acts on SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS, such as causing UTERINE CONTRACTIONS and MILK EJECTION. Ocytocin,Pitocin,Syntocinon
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D011795 Surveys and Questionnaires Collections of data obtained from voluntary subjects. The information usually takes the form of answers to questions, or suggestions. Community Survey,Nonrespondent,Questionnaire,Questionnaires,Respondent,Survey,Survey Method,Survey Methods,Surveys,Baseline Survey,Community Surveys,Methodology, Survey,Nonrespondents,Questionnaire Design,Randomized Response Technique,Repeated Rounds of Survey,Respondents,Survey Methodology,Baseline Surveys,Design, Questionnaire,Designs, Questionnaire,Methods, Survey,Questionnaire Designs,Questionnaires and Surveys,Randomized Response Techniques,Response Technique, Randomized,Response Techniques, Randomized,Survey, Baseline,Survey, Community,Surveys, Baseline,Surveys, Community,Techniques, Randomized Response
D002585 Cesarean Section Extraction of the FETUS by means of abdominal HYSTEROTOMY. Abdominal Delivery,Delivery, Abdominal,C-Section (OB),Caesarean Section,Postcesarean Section,Abdominal Deliveries,C Section (OB),C-Sections (OB),Caesarean Sections,Cesarean Sections,Deliveries, Abdominal
D003430 Cross-Sectional Studies Studies in which the presence or absence of disease or other health-related variables are determined in each member of the study population or in a representative sample at one particular time. This contrasts with LONGITUDINAL STUDIES which are followed over a period of time. Disease Frequency Surveys,Prevalence Studies,Analysis, Cross-Sectional,Cross Sectional Analysis,Cross-Sectional Survey,Surveys, Disease Frequency,Analyses, Cross Sectional,Analyses, Cross-Sectional,Analysis, Cross Sectional,Cross Sectional Analyses,Cross Sectional Studies,Cross Sectional Survey,Cross-Sectional Analyses,Cross-Sectional Analysis,Cross-Sectional Study,Cross-Sectional Surveys,Disease Frequency Survey,Prevalence Study,Studies, Cross-Sectional,Studies, Prevalence,Study, Cross-Sectional,Study, Prevalence,Survey, Cross-Sectional,Survey, Disease Frequency,Surveys, Cross-Sectional
D005260 Female Females
D005602 France A country in western Europe bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, the English Channel, the Mediterranean Sea, and the countries of Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, the principalities of Andorra and Monaco, and by the duchy of Luxembourg. Its capital is Paris. Corsica,Saint Pierre and Miquelon,Miquelon and Saint Pierre,Miquelon and St. Pierre,St. Pierre and Miquelon
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000074885 Amniotomy A method of inducing labor by deliberate rupture of the AMNION to cause the release of amniotic fluid. Artificial Rupture of Membranes

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