Research Article

Time-to-Delivery after Maternal Transfer to a Tertiary Perinatal Centre

Table 1

Reasons for in utero transfer and associated median time-to-delivery for those that delivered at the RBWH.

Reason for transferNumber of transfers
(total )
(%)
Gravidity
Median (IQR)
Parity
Median (IQR)
Time-to-delivery (hours)
Median (IQR)
GA at delivery (weeks)
Median (IQR)

Antepartum haemorrhage75 (9.1%)4
(2–6)
1
(0–3)
102.8
(0.2–280.7)
29.86
(26.14–33.43)
Fetal abnormality89 (10.8%)2
(1–4)
1
(0–2)
12.8
(0.6–26.8)
36.71
(33.79–38.64)
Intrauterine growth restriction 62 (7.5%)3
(1–5)
1
(0–2)
24.3
(1.9–81.1)
31.86
(30.14–33.86)
Maternal medical condition95 (11.5%)3
(1–4)
1
(0–2)
22.6
(6.8–97.3)
38.07
(36.29–39.00)
Preterm prelabour membrane rupture175 (21.3%)2
(1–4)
1
(0–2)
60.0
(14.4–132.1)
30.43
(27.86–32.14)
PET97 (11.8%)2
(1–3)
0
(0-1)
23.5
(7.7–62.8)
30.57
(28.50–32.43)
Preterm labour141 (17.1%)2
(1–4)
1
(0-1)
35.1
(6.1–210.8)
29.86
(27.00–32.00)
Miscellaneous group64 (7.8%)3
(2–4)
1
(0–2)
6.8
(3.6–21.5)
34.43
(31.14–37.5)
Unknown26 (3.1%)2
(1–4.5)
1
(0–2)
9.0
(3.9–20.0)
30.67
(26.94–33.37)