Fetomaternal Outcome in Severe Preeclamptic Women Undergoing Emergency Cesarean Section under Either General Or Spinal Anesthesia

Table 8

Comparison of fetal parameters at delivery in the two groups.

Fetal parameters	GROUP		𝑃 value	Significance (Student’s unpaired 𝑡-test)
	Spinal anesthesia	General anesthesia
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Weight (kg)	2.48 ± 0.56	2.28 ± 0.43	0.090	Not Significant
Preterm	65 (44.5%)	21 (77.8%)	0.001	Significant
New Ballard Score ( weeks)	35.07 ± 1.84	34.59 ± 1.55	0.208	Not Significant
Apgar score at 1 minute	7.66 ± 1.27	6.52 ± 1.16	<0.001	Significant
Apgar score at 5 minutes	8.79 ± 0.65	8.59 ± 0.93	0.172	Not Significant
Heart rate/minute	142.36 ± 12.53	151.48 ± 10.45	<0.001	Significant
Respiratory rate/minute	41.25 ± 6.9	38.85 ± 6.03	0.093	Not Significant
Breast feeding after cesarean (hrs.)	29.01 ± 21.73	35.56 ± 41.1	0.225	Not Significant