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Table 2 Obstetricians’ experience-based assessment of risk factors for, and associations between maternal and perinatal mortalities and morbidities and uterine ruptures, N = 79

From: Evaluation of obstetricians’ surgical decision making in the management of uterine rupture

Item

N (%)

Risk factors for uterine rupture

 Previous cesarean scar

51 (64.6)

 Injudicious use of oxytocics

43 (54.4)

 Poor/no antenatal care in pregnancy

43 (54.4)

 Mismanagement of labour

30 (38.0)

Association between uterine rupture and

 Maternal mortality

High

75 (94.9)

Low

4 (5.1)

 Maternal morbidity

High

78 (98.7)

Low

1 (1.3)

 Perinatal mortality

High

79 (100.0)

Low

0 (0.0)

 Perinatal morbidity

High

79 (100.0)

Low

0 (0.0)