Table 2 Maternal characteristics
From: A review of delivery room resuscitation in very low birth weight infants in a middle income country
Characteristic | n/N | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Primiparous | 448/1448 | 30.9 |
Multiple gestation | 286/1495 | 19.1 |
Mode delivery -% | ||
Normal vaginal delivery | 495/1505 | 32.9 |
Vaginal breech | 49/1505 | 3.3 |
Emergency C Section | 891/1505 | 59.2 |
Elective C Section | 70/1505 | 4.7 |
Attended antenatal care | 1229/1485 | 82.8 |
Antenatal steroids received | 749/1425 | 52.6 |
Antenatal magnesium sulphate | 82/1401 | 5.4 |
Chorioamnionitis | 49/1444 | 3.4 |
Maternal hypertension | 435/1446 | 30.1 |
Maternal HIV | 431/1468 | 29.4 |
Maternal syphilis | 28/1416 | 2.0 |
Teenage mother | 34/1483 | 2.3 |
Attempted termination of pregnancy | 17/1449 | 1.2 |