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

Table 3

Process of labour in pregnancies complicated by SGA and hypertensive disorders (with or without proteinuria).

	Route of delivery				RR (95% CI)
Onset of labour	Spontaneous vaginal	Instrumental delivery	Emergency caesarean	Elective caesarean	Emergency caesarean	Instrumental delivery
Amniotomy 112 (3)	63	26	23	0	1.6 (1.1–2.3)	1.1 (0.91–1.4)
Oxytocine 720 (16)	420	148	152	0	1.6 (1.3 – 1.9)	1.1 (0.97–1.2)
Prostaglandins 1733 (39)	872	280	621	0	2.7 (2.3–3.1)	1.3 (1.2–1.4)
Spontaneous onset 1558 (34)	959	394	205	0	ref	ref
Planned caesarean 377 (8)	0	0	0	377	n.a.	n.a.
Total 4540/4574	2314	848	1001	377

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