Table 3 Maternal and neonatal outcomes
From: Management of Foley catheter induction among nulliparous women: a retrospective study
Caesarean delivery | Vaginal delivery | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 169 | n = 263 | ||||
n | % | n | % | ||
Maternal outcomes | |||||
Prophylactic antibiotic | 154 | 91.1 | 87 | 33.1 | <0.001 |
Oxytocin administration | 158 | 93.5 | 244 | 92.8 | 0.78 |
For induction of labour | 103 | 60.9 | 85 | 32.2 | <0.001 |
Epidural/spinal analgesia | 129 | 76.3 | 241 | 91.6 | <0.001 |
Received before start of regular contractions | 13 | 7.7 | 2 | 0.8 | <0.001 |
Foetal scalp blood sampling | 73 | 43.2 | 62 | 23.6 | <0.001 |
Postpartum haemorrhage ≥ 1000 ml | 55 | 32.5 | 37 | 14.1 | <0.001 |
Meconium-stained amniotic fluid | 59 | 34.9 | 61 | 23.2 | 0.008 |
Maternal intrapartum infection | 22 | 13 | 5 | 1.9 | <0.001 |
Maternal postpartum infection | 12 | 7.1 | 5 | 1.9 | 0.007 |
Endometritis | 5 | 4 | |||
Wound infection | 5 | 1 | |||
Unspecified fever | 2 | 0 | |||
Neonatal outcomes | |||||
Gestational weeks at delivery, mean (SD) | 41.1 | (1.3) | 41,1 | (1.4) | 0.83 |
Male | 99 | 58.6 | 127 | 48.3 | 0.04 |
Birth weight, mean(SD) | 3720 | (543) | 3530 | (483) | <0.001 |
Macrosomia (>4500 g) | 11 | 6.5 | 3 | 1.1 | 0.004 |
Apgar 1 min < 7 | 20 | 11.8 | 20 | 7.6 | 0.13 |
Apgar 5 min < 7a | 11 | 6.5 | 6 | 2.3 | 0.023 |
Umbilical artery pH ≤ 7.05b | 1 | 0.6 | 9 | 3.6 | 0.06 |
Umbilical artery Base excessb | 2 | 1.3 | 7 | 2.8 | 0.30 |
Neonatal infection | 28 | 16.6 | 10 | 3.8 | 0.08 |
Suspected sepsis | 15 | 53.6 | 6 | 60 | 0.001 |
Clinical sepsis | 11 | 39.3 | 1 | 10 | <0.001 |
Unspecified infection | 2 | 1.2 | 3 | 30 | 0.85 |
Admission to neonatal intensive care unit | 4 | 2.4 | 5 | 1.9 | 0.74 |
Admission to neonatal ward | 43 | 25.4 | 24 | 9.1 | <0.001 |