Nonatonic Obstetric Haemorrhage: Effectiveness of the Nonpneumatic Antishock Garment in Egypt

Table 2

Treatment, by phase (𝑁=434).

	Pre (𝑁=226)	Post (𝑁=208)	Statistical test
Women who received ≥1500 mL of IV fluids in the first hour from study admission % (n)^Φ	93.4% (211)	64.9% (135)	𝜒^2=54.268
			𝑃<0.0001
Women who received a blood transfusion some time after study admission % (n)	100% (226)	99.5% (207)	𝜒^2=1.089
			𝑃=0.479^√
Women who received a blood transfusion in the 1st hour from study admission % (n)	96.5% (218)	86.5% (180)	𝜒^2=14.017
			𝑃<0.0001^√

^ΦThe protocol asked for 1500 mL to be administered in the first hour of resuscitation, however, in some cases only 1000 mL were administered in the first hour, while the remaining 500 mL were administered in the second hour. ^√Fisher’s exact test was used.