Enhancing patient mobility following cesarean-delivery – the efficacy of an improved postpartum protocol assessed with pedometers

Table 2 Labor course of the pre-protocol and post-protocol groups

	Pre-protocol group n = 101	Post-protocol group n = 100	P
Gestational age, (weeks), mean ± SD	38.1 ± 2.1	38.2 ± 1.7	0.66
Emergent CD^a, n (%)	50 (49.5%)	50 (50.0%)	0.94
Primary CD, n (%)	44 (43.5%)	49 (49.0%)	0.43
Adhesions^b, n (%)	29 (28.7%)	35 (35.0%)	0.33
Operative length, (minutes), mean ± SD	48.5 ± 14.6	53.5 ± 15.3	0.02
Estimated blood loss, (ml), mean ± SD	674 ± 175	703 ± 281	0.39
Additional surgical procedure, n (%)	9 (8.9%)	8 (8.0%)	0.81
Intra-partum complications, n (%)	5 (4.9%)	3 (3.0%)	0.72

^aCD cesarean delivery
^bAdhesions – any adhesions, as reported by surgeon in surgical report; Additional surgical procedure – tubal ligation or cystectomy

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