Labour and Neonatal Outcome in Small for Gestational Age Babies Delivered Beyond 36+0 Weeks: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 1

Process of labour in pregnancies complicated by SGA.

	Route of delivery				RR (95% CI)
Onset of labour	Spontaneous vaginal	Instrumental delivery	Emergency caesarean	Elective caesarean	Emergency caesarean	Instrumental delivery
Amniotomy 231 (2)	151	43	37	0	1.3 (0.95–1.7)	0.87 (0.73–1.0)
Oxytocine 1235 (9)	778	221	236	0	1.5 (1.3–1.7)	0.93 (0.86–1.0)
Prostaglandins 2191 (15)	1176	394	621	0	2.3 (2.1–2.5)	1.16 (1.1–1.2)
Spontaneous onset 10182 (71)	6125	2780	1277	0	ref	ref
Planned caesarean 455 (3)	0	0	0	455	n.a.	n.a.
Total 14.294/14.416	8230	3438	2171	455

Displayed n (%). RR: relative risk; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval; ref: reference; n.a.: not appropriate