Bimanual examination for clot evacuation: a retrospective cohort study of women with postpartum haemorrhage after vaginal delivery

Table 3 Uterotonic drug usage and usage of BCE

	Total cohort (n = 438)	BCE performed (n = 149)	BCE not performed (n = 289)	p value¹
Oxytocin infusion	432 (98.6%)	149 (100%)	283 (97.9%)	0.10
Ergometrine	290 (66.2%)	127 (85.2%)	163 (56.4%)	< 0.001
Ergometrine-additional dose	135 (30.8%)	76 (51.0%)	59 (20.4%)	< 0.001
Misoprostol	186 (42.5%)	93 (62.4%)	93 (32.2%)	< 0.001
PgF2α	10 (2.3%)	8 (5.4%)	2 (0.7%)	0.004

¹Continuous variables were assessed by the t-test and categorical variables were analysed using the chi-squared test. P value of < 0.05 is considered statistically significant

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