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Table 5 Factors associated with primary neonatal outcome

From: Cardiotocography in breech versus vertex delivery: an examiner-blinded, cross-sectional nested case-control study

 

Primary neonatal outcome

    

Normal

n = 199

Suboptimala n = 17

p value univariate analysis

OR univariate analysis

95 % CI univariate analysis

p value multivariable analysis

n

%

n

%

    

Pathological CTG trace in 3-tier FIGO classification

65

32.7

12

70.6

0.004

4.9

1.7–14.6

 

Decreased variability

33

16.6

5

29.4

0.191

2.1

0.7–6.3

 

Accelerations absent

31

15.6

7

41.2

0.012

3.8

1.3–10.7

 

Late decelerations

14

7.0

4

23.5

0.027

4.1

1.2–14.1

 

Complicated variable decelerations

104

52.3

16

94.1

0.010

14.6

1.9–112.3

0.008

Prolonged decelerations

49

24.6

6

35.3

0.337

1.7

0.6–4.8

 

Vacuum extraction or emergency CS

43

21.6

5

29.4

0.460

1.5

0.5–4.5

 

Primiparity

117

58.8

11

64.7

0.635

1.3

0.5–3.6

 

Oxytocin augmentation

140

70.4

12

70.6

0.984

1.0

0.3–3.0

 

Uterine tachysystole

35

17.6

3

17.6

0.995

1.0

0.3–3.7

 

Breech presentation

95

47.7

13

76.5

0.031

3.6

1.1–11.3

0.020

  1. Legend: Trace details and other obstetrical factors and their connection to primary neonatal outcome in breech and vertex intended vaginal deliveries in a Finnish tertiary hospital, 2007–2009
  2. aCord pH ≤7.10 or Apgar score at the age of five minutes <7