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Table 1 Characteristics of 40 neonates of women not in labour

From: Antenatal corticosteroid therapy for foetal maturation in women with eclampsia and severe pre-eclampsia in a rural hospital in Western Tanzania

Number of neonates (womena)

Received ACT: 13 (1 incomplete) (12a)

Not received ACT: 27 (24a)

P-value

Pre-eclampsia/eclampsia

 Eclampsia

9 (8a) (69 %)

17 (16a) (63 %)

1 (Fisher)

 Pre-eclampsia

4 (31 %)

10 (8a) (37 %)

Maternal outcome

 Mother died

0 (0 %)

1 (3.7 %)

1 (Fisher)

 Mother survived

13 (11a) (100 %)

26 (23a) (96 %)

Multiple gestation

 Twins

2 (1a) (15 %)

6 (3a) (22 %)

1 (Fisher)

 Singleton

11 (85 %)

21 (78 %)

Median self-reported gestational age (months, interquartile-range)

7 (7–8)

8 (8–9)

<0.01 (MW/Wilcoxon)

Average weight (range)

1.8 kg (0.8–3.2 kg)

2.4 kg (1.5–4 kg)

0,03 (T-test)

Median between admission-delivery (hours, interquartile-range)

147 (72–200)

42 (17–72)

<0.01 (MW/Wilcoxon)

Perinatal outcome

 Alive child at discharge

5 (38 %)

22 (81 %)

<0.01 (Fisher)

 Perinatal death

8 (62 %)

4 (19 %)

 Intrauterine death

5 (38 %)

3 (11 %)

Labour

 Spontaneous labour & delivery

3 (23 %)

2 (7 %)

0.3 (Fisher)

 Primary SC

2 (1a) (15 %)

0 (0 %)

 Induction, SVD

6

21 (18a)

 Failed induction, secondary SC

1

 

 Successful induction, secondary SC when in labour

1

3

 Induction, ventouse delivery

 

1

  1. atwins: number of women, calculations are with foetuses