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Table 6 Selective versus Routine episiotomy in Secondary hospitals and Tertiary hospitals: neonatal outcomes (weighted)

From: Selective versus routine use of episiotomy for vaginal births in Shanghai hospitals, China: a comparison of policies

Characteristics

Secondary hospitals (2393)

Tertiary hospitals(3085)

Routine episiotomy(343)

Selective episiotomy (2050)

P

Routine episiotomy(1010)

Routine episiotomy(2075)

P

Ā 

mean

95%CI

mean

95%CI

Ā 

mean

95%CI

mean

95%CI

Ā 

Birthweight

3280.5

3257.9ā€“3303.2

3295.6

3278.5ā€“3312.8

0.46

3276.6

3255.6ā€“3297.6

3296.1

3277.1ā€“3315.0

0.20

Ā 

n

%

n

%

Ā 

n

%

n

%

n

Shoulder dystocia

0

0

1

0.03

0.76

13

1.30

4

0.18

<ā€‰0.05

Apgarā‰¤7 (5ā€‰min)

0

0

5

0.22

0.38

2

0.15

7

0.33

0.37

Birth injury

69

20.18

594

28.96

<ā€‰0.05

174

17.21

114

5.49

<ā€‰0.05

Congenital malformation

2

0.53

22

1.08

0.34

28

2.76

43

2.07

0.23

Neonatal Ward

9

2.67

137

6.69

<ā€‰0.05

150

14.88

165

7.94

<ā€‰0.05