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Table 2 Maternal and neonatal outcomes of women with a history of prior cesarean birth overall and by mode of delivery, January 2017 – April 2020

From: The association of timing of repeat cesarean with outcomes among a cohort of Guatemalan women with a history of prior cesarean birth

 

Women giving birth by cesarean

Pre-labor cesarean birth

Intrapartum cesarean birth

P-value

N = 2208

n = 1312, 59.4%

n = 896, 40.6%

Maternal outcomes

 Hemorrhage n, %

15, 0.7%

7 0.5%

8, 0.9%

0.43b

 Uterotonics n, %

2166, 98.1%

1282, 97.8%

884, 98.7%

0.14c

 Blood transfusion n, %

24, 1.1%

13, 1.0%

11, 1.2%

0.68b

 D&C/Suction n, %

3, 0.1%

3, 0.2%

0, 0.0%

0.28b

 Magnesium n, %

134, 6.1%

96, 7.3%

38, 4.2%

0.003c

 Hysterectomy n, %

12, 0.5%

8, 0.6%

4, 0.4%

0.77b

 Severe infection n, %

32, 1.4%

19, 1.4%

13, 1.4%

1.0c

 Postpartum infection n, %

7, 0.3%

7, 0.5%

0, 0.0%

0.046b

  Missing

68, 3.1%

32, 2.4%

36, 4.0%

 

 Seizure n, %

3, 0.1%

1, 0.1%

2, 0.2%

0.57b

  Missing

68, 3.1%

32, 2.4%

36, 4.0%

 

 Unplanned hospitalization n, %

17, 0.8%

12, 0.9%

5, 0.5%

0.46b

  Missing

68, 3.1%

32, 2.4%

36, 4.0%

 

Neonatal outcomes

 Fetal status n, %

   

0.17b

  Born alive, alive

2180, 98.8%

1290, 98.4%

890, 99.3%

 

  Born alive, neonatal demise

5, 0.2%

4, 0.3%

1, 0.1%

 

  Stillbirth

22, 1.0%

17, 1.3%

5, 0.6%

 

 Bag & mask resuscitation n, %

22, 1.0%

12, 0.9%

10, 1.1%

0.64c

  Missing

1, 0.1%

1, 0.1%

0, 0.0%

 

 Breastfed within an hour n, %

135, 6.2%

85, 6.6%

50, 5.6%

0.36c

 Neonatal antibiotics n, %

91, 4.1%

50, 3.8%

41, 4.6%

0.38c

 CPAP n, %

6, 0.3%

6, 0.5%

0, 0.0%

0.09b

  Missing

1, 0.1%

0, 0.0%

1, 0.1%

 

 Oxygen n, %

101, 4.6%

54, 4.1%

47, 5.3%

0.21c

 Ventilation n, %

11, 0.5%

7, 0.5%

4, 0.5%

1.0b

  Missing

1, 0.1%

0, 0.0%

1, 0.1%

 

 Death by 42 Days n, %

28, 1.3%

16, 1.2%

12, 1.3%

0.79c

  Missing

95, 4.3%

53, 4.0%

42, 4.7%

 
  1. All tests performed excluding missing data
  2. CPAP continuous positive airway pressure
  3. akruskall-wallis
  4. bfishers exact
  5. cchi2