A before and after study of the impact on obstetric and perinatal outcomes following the introduction of an educational package of fetal heart rate monitoring education coupled with umbilical artery lactate sampling in a low resource setting labor ward in South Africa

Table 2 Intrapartum complications in pre- and post-intervention groups

	Pre-intervention N = 374 N (%)	Post–intervention N = 562 N (%)	p-value
Any	208 (55·6%)	258 (45·9%)	0·004
Abruption	7 (1·9%)	7 (1·2%)	0·440
Chorioamnionitis	0	4 (0·7%)	0·155
Delayed progress 1st stage	40 (10·7%)	85 (15·1%)	0·051
Delayed progress 2nd stage	15 (4·0%)	23 (4·1%)	0·950
Intrapartum hemorrhage	7 (1·9%)	12 (2·1%)	0·779
Malpresentation	8 (2·1%)	14 (2·5%)	0·728
Meconium stained amniotic fluid	27 (7·2%)	40 (7·1%)	0·953
Augmentation of labor	13 (3·5%)	25 (4·4%)	0·460
Shoulder dystocia	9 (2·4%)	7 (1·2%)	0·180
Fetal distress	113 (30·2%)	124 (22·1%)	0·005
Other^a	13 (3·5%)	8 (1·4%)	0·038
Intrapartum transfer	73 (19·5%)	41 (7·3%)	< 0·001

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