Evidence-based intrapartum practice and its associated factors at a tertiary teaching hospital in the Philippines, a descriptive mixed-methods study

Table 3 Description of intrapartum care during the 2nd and 3rd stages of labour (N = 170)

	Frequency	Percent
Position at the birth of baby
Supine	3	1.8
Semi-Fowler’s positions (less than 45°)	167	98.2
Method of pushing
Not forced	126	74.1
Valsalva manoeuvre instructed	44	25.9
Episiotomy
Performed – median	98	57.6
Performed – medio-lateral	3	1.8
Not performed	69	40.6
Episiotomy by parity
Performed in primiparae [n = 88]	81	92.0
Performed in multiparae [n = 82]	20	24.4
Fundal pressure
Performed	53	31.2
Not performed	117	68.8
Foetal heart rate monitoring
Not monitored	97	57.1
Intermittent auscultation	33	19.4
Cardiotocograph	40	23.5
Labour augmentation by oxytocin
Not conducted	110	64.7
By drip infusion only	36	21.2
By injection (im or iv)	21	12.4
By drip infusion and injection (im or iv)	3	1.8
Prophylactic use of oxytocin in the third stage
Administrated	170	100
Dose of oxytocin
10 IU	149	87.7
Less than 10 IU	21	12.4
Delayed umbilical cord clamping [n = 138]
Performed	69	50.0
Not performed	69	50.0
Controlled cord traction
Performed	168	98.8
Not performed	2	1.2
Counter pressure during CCT [n = 168]
Conducted	157	93.4
Not conducted	11	6.6

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