Table 3 Neonatal outcomes in preterm infants by mode of delivery and gestational age
From: Preterm birth by vacuum extraction and neonatal outcome: a population-based cohort study
Total | Unassisted vaginal delivery | Cesarean section during labor | Vacuum extraction | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 40,764 | n = 32,940 | n = 5,505 | n = 2,319 | |||||
n | 1/1000 | n | 1/1000 | n | 1/1000 | n | 1/1000 | |
Intracranial hemorrhages | ||||||||
All | 617 | 15.1 | 486 | 14.8 | 105 | 19.1 | 26 | 11.2 |
<34 weeks | 564 | 74.6 | 451 | 79.0 | 95 | 59.4 | 18 | 71.7 |
34-36 weeks | 53 | 1.6 | 35 | 1.3 | 10 | 2.6 | 8 | 3.9 |
Convulsions | ||||||||
All | 169 | 4.1 | 109 | 3.3 | 45 | 8.2 | 15 | 6.5 |
<34 weeks | 74 | 9.9 | 48 | 8.4 | 23 | 14.4 | 3 | 12.0 |
34-36 weeks | 95 | 2.9 | 61 | 2.2 | 22 | 5.6 | 12 | 5.8 |
Other disturbances of cerebral status of newborn | ||||||||
All | 168 | 4.1 | 98 | 3.0 | 53 | 9.6 | 17 | 7.3 |
<34 weeks | 97 | 12.8 | 66 | 11.6 | 24 | 15.0 | 7 | 27.9 |
34-36 weeks | 71 | 2.1 | 32 | 1.2 | 29 | 7.4 | 10 | 4.8 |
Subgaleal and/or cephal hemorrhage | ||||||||
All | 259 | 6.4 | 166 | 5.0 | 10 | 1.8 | 83 | 35.8 |
<34 weeks | 24 | 3.2 | 11 | 1.9 | 5 | 3.1 | 8 | 31.9 |
34-36 weeks | 235 | 7.1 | 155 | 5.7 | 5 | 1.3 | 75 | 36.3 |
Brachial plexus injury | ||||||||
All | 53 | 1.3 | 37 | 1.1 | 2 | 0.4 | 14 | 6.0 |
<34 weeks | 3 | 0.4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | ||
34-36 weeks | 50 | 1.5 | 34 | 1.2 | 2 | 0.5 | 14 | 6.8 |