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Table 3 Obstetric profile among all women and women who experienced a near-miss event in the four study hospitals

From: A cross sectional study of maternal ‘near-miss’ cases in major public hospitals in Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria

 

Egypt

Lebanon

Palestine

Syria

 

Al Galaa Hospitalb

Rafik Hariri University Hospital

Ramallah Hospital

Dar Al Tawleed Hospital

 

All womenb

MNM

P-valuea

All women

MNM

P-valuea

All women

MNM

P-valuea

All women

MNM

P-valuea

 

N (%)

N (%)

 

N (%)

N (%)

 

N (%)

N (%)

 

N (%)

N (%)

 

Previous C Section

  

(NA)

  

0.123

  

0.062

  

0.227

0

(NA)

16 (50.0)

 

909 (77.2)

3 (60.0)

 

1019 (82.4)

10 (62.5)

 

2793(81.6)

12 (66.7)

 

1

(NA)

5 (15.6)

 

157 (13.3)

0 (0.0)

 

138 (11.2)

4 (25.0)

 

365 (10.7)

3 (16.7)

 

2+

(NA)

11 (34.4)

 

112 (9.5)

2 (40.0)

 

80 (6.5)

2 (12.5)

 

265 (7.7)

3 (16.7)

 

Gestational Age at delivery

  

(NA)

  

0.002

  

0.000

  

0.000

<33 weeks

(NA)

13 (43.3)

 

64 (5.4)

2 (40.0)

 

32 (2.6)

4 (26.7)

 

146 (4.3)

6 (33.3)

 

33-36 weeks

(NA)

8 (26.7)

 

129 (11.0)

2 (40.0)

 

109 (8.8)

2 (13.3)

 

137 (4)

3 (16.7)

 

37+ weeks

(NA)

9 (30.0)

 

985 (83.6)

1 (20.0)

 

1093 (88.6)

9 (60)

 

3138 (91.7)

9 (50.0)

 

Onset of Labour

  

(NA)

  

0.043

  

0.000

  

0.000

Spontaneous

(NA)

3 (14.3)c

 

858 (72.8)

1 (20.0)

 

952 (77)

7 (43.8)

 

3154 (94.1)

9 (64.3)

 

Induced

(NA)

3 (14.3)

 

238 (20.2)

3 (60.0)

 

131 (10.6)

2 (12.5)

 

18 (0.5)

1 (7.1)

 

No Labour

(NA)

15 (71.4)

 

79 (6.7)

1 (20.0)

 

154 (12.4)

7 (43.8)

 

179 (5.3)

4 (28.6)

 

Mode of delivery

  

(NA)

  

0.007

  

0.000

  

0.000

Vaginal Delivery

1248 (41.5)

3 (9.4)

 

746 (63.3)

0 (0.0)

 

927 (74.9)

5 (31.1)

 

2451 (71.6)

5 (27.8)

 

Caesarean section

1488 (49.5)

21 (65.6)

 

432 (36.7)

5 (100)

 

307 (24.8)

8 (50.0)

 

913 (26.7)

11 (61.1)

 

All Other

268 (8.9)

8 (25.0)

 

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

3 (0.3)

3 (18.9)

 

58(1.7)

2 (11.1)

 
  1. aAll P-values represent the difference between the two groups of women: MNM and women who are not MNM
  2. bGiven high caseload at Al Galaa Hospital in Egypt, it was not possible to collect data on all women
  3. cthe total number of cases might not add exactly to the total number of maternal near-miss cases due to missing data
  4. (NA) = Not Applicable