Emergency Caesarean Section: Influences on the Decision-to-Delivery Interval

Table 2

Form of anaesthetic for grade 1 and grade 2 caesarean sections. Denominator data for analyses included 2620 women giving birth in daytime hours (excluding elective caesarean sections) and 2547 women giving birth overnight.

	Epidural top-up	Spinal blockade	General anaesthetic
Grade 1; (day)	11	17	31
Grade 1 (night)	12	29	22
𝜒^21	𝑃=0.610	𝑃=0.009	𝑃=0.005
Grade 2; (day) 𝑛=	27	63	7
Grade 2 (night) 𝑛=	33	70	11
𝜒^21	𝑃=0.108	𝑃=0.084	𝑃=0.079