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 transfer | Number of transfers (total ) (%) | Gravidity Median (IQR) | Parity Median (IQR) | Time-to-delivery (hours) Median (IQR) | GA at delivery (weeks) Median (IQR) |
| Antepartum haemorrhage | 75 (9.1%) | 4 (2–6) | 1 (0–3) | 102.8 (0.2–280.7) | 29.86 (26.14–33.43) | Fetal abnormality | 89 (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 condition | 95 (11.5%) | 3 (1–4) | 1 (0–2) | 22.6 (6.8–97.3) | 38.07 (36.29–39.00) | Preterm prelabour membrane rupture | 175 (21.3%) | 2 (1–4) | 1 (0–2) | 60.0 (14.4–132.1) | 30.43 (27.86–32.14) | PET | 97 (11.8%) | 2 (1–3) | 0 (0-1) | 23.5 (7.7–62.8) | 30.57 (28.50–32.43) | Preterm labour | 141 (17.1%) | 2 (1–4) | 1 (0-1) | 35.1 (6.1–210.8) | 29.86 (27.00–32.00) | Miscellaneous group | 64 (7.8%) | 3 (2–4) | 1 (0–2) | 6.8 (3.6–21.5) | 34.43 (31.14–37.5) | Unknown | 26 (3.1%) | 2 (1–4.5) | 1 (0–2) | 9.0 (3.9–20.0) | 30.67 (26.94–33.37) |
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