Table 2 Incidence of adverse maternal and fetal outcomes after emergency and elective CS at King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Adverse fetal outcome ^@

159

5.51

59

4.16

218

5.06

χ2 = 3.61, df1, p = 0.029**

IUFD

22

2.9

3

0.6

25

0.58

IUGR

96

3.33

44

3.10

140

3.25

Neonatal death

5

0.17

3

0.21

8

0.19

ICU

23

0.80

2

0.14

25

0.58

Cong. anomaly

14

0.49

10

0.70

24

0.56

Adverse maternal outcome ^@

175

6.06

44

3.10

219

5.09

χ2 = 17.30, df1, p < 0.001**

ICU

23

0.80

4

0.28

27

0.63

Ruptured uterus

6

0.21

1

0.07

7

0.16

Hysterectomy

11

0.38

2

0.14

13

0.30

Blood transfusion

123

4.26

34

2.40

160

3.72

Retained placenta

4

0.14

0

0.00

4

0.09

HELLP syndrome

21

0.73

1

0.07

22

0.51

Pulmonary embolism

2

0.07

2

0.14

4

0.09

Renal failure

1

0.03

1

0.07

2

0.05

Heart failure

2

0.07

0

0.00

2

0.05

Bowel or bladder injury

10

0.35

2

0.14

12

0.28

Pelvic abscess

2

0.07

0

0.00

2

0.05

Maternal death

1

0.03

0

0.00

1

0.02