Table 2 Obstetrics, medical, and fetal characteristics in the Nigist Eleni Mohammed Memorial Teaching Hospital, Southern Ethiopia, 2019
Variables | Frequency | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|
Stage of labor at admission (n = 271) | First stage | 260 | 96.0 |
Second stage | 11 | 4.0 | |
Status of labor (n = 279) | Spontaneous | 254 | 91.0 |
Induction | 17 | 6.1 | |
Elective CS | 8 | 2.9 | |
Mode of current delivery | Normal vaginal | 224 | 80.3 |
Caesarian section | 40 | 14.3 | |
Operative vaginal | 15 | 5.4 | |
Augmentation (n = 254) | N0 | 232 | 91.3 |
Yes | 22 | 8.6 | |
Prolonged second stage of labor (n = 271) | No | 245 | 90.4 |
Yes | 26 | 9.6 | |
Malpresentation/malpresentation (n = 271) | No | 258 | 95.2 |
Yes | 13 | 4.8 | |
Obstructed labor (n = 271) | No | 252 | 93 |
Yes | 19 | 7 | |
Sex of newborns (n = 279) | Female | 130 | 46.6 |
Male | 149 | 53.4 | |
Birth weight of newborn babies (n = 279) | Low birth weight (<2500g) | 34 | 12.2 |
Normal birth weight (2500-4000 g) | 224 | 80.3 | |
Macrosomia (>4000g) | 21 | 7.5 | |
Number of delivery/fetuses (n = 279) | Single fetus | 270 | 96.8 |
Twin | 9 | 3.2 | |
Resuscitation (n = 279) | No | 247 | 88.5 |
Yes | 32 | 11.5 | |
Fetal Presentation (n = 279) | Vertex presentation | 264 | 94.6 |
Breech | 9 | 3.2 | |
Others | 6 | 2.2 | |
Tight nuchal cord (n = 279) = | No | 250 | 89.6 |
Yes | 29 | 10.4 | |
Meconium stained amniotic fluid (n = 279) | Yes | 27 | 9.7 |
No | 252 | 90.3 | |
Chronic medical illness (n = 279) | No | 268 | 96.1 |
Yes | 11 | 3.9 | |
Acute febrile illness during pregnancy (n = 279) | No | 227 | 81.4 |
Yes | 52 | 18.6 | |
Hemoglobin Level (intrapartum) (n = 261) | ≥11 g/dl | 219 | 78.5 |
<11 g/dl | 42 | 15.1 | |