Research Article
Postoperative Infectious Morbidities of Cesarean Delivery in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Women
Table 2
Obstetrical characteristics.
| | HIV-infected | HIV-negative | -value |
| | Gravidity | | | NS | | Parity | | | NS | | No. of previous c/s | | | | | 0 | 64
(58.7%)
| 146
(56.2%)
| NS
| | 1 | 28
(25.7%)
| 61
(23.5%) | NS | | 2 | 12
(11.0%) | 34
(13.1%) | NS | | 3 | 3 (2.8%) | 13 (5.0%) | NS | | 4 | 1 (.9%) | 6 (2.3%) | NS | | 5 | 1 (.9%) | 0 | NS | | EGA at delivery (weeks) | | | NS | | Preoperative Hematocrit (%) | | | .01 | | Emergent cesarean delivery | 61
(51.3%) | 206
(78.0%) | .01 | | Labor prior to delivery | 56
(48.3%) | 179
(69.4%) | .01 | | Rupture of membranes prior to delivery | 40
(34.8%) | 165
(63.5%) | .01 | | Use of internal monitor | 7 (6.0%) | 82
(31.5%) | .01 | | Chorioamnionitis | 5 (4.3%) | 18 (6.8%) | NS |
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Data
presented as mean ± standard deviation or number and percent.NS =
Not significant.
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