Journal of Pregnancy

Research Article

Prelabour Caesarean Section following IVF/ICSI in Older-Term Nulliparous Women: Too Precious to Push?

Table 3

Neonatal outcome.
IVF and ICSI pregnancies
Spontaneous pregnancies
 value
Early neonatal death2 (0.11%)9 (0.06%)0.77 (NS)
Transfer to NICU62 (3.3%)394 (2.6%)0.074 (NS)
Intubation13 (0.7%)68 (0.4%)0.19 (NS)
Convulsions3 (0.16%)19 (0.12%)0.95 (NS)
IVF: in vitro fertilisation, ICSI: intracytoplasmatic sperm injection, NICU: neonatal intensive care unit, NS: not significant.