Clinical Study
Fetomaternal Outcome in Severe Preeclamptic Women Undergoing Emergency Cesarean Section under Either General Or Spinal Anesthesia
Table 8
Comparison of fetal parameters at delivery in the two groups.
| Fetal parameters | GROUP | value | Significance (Student’s unpaired -test) | Spinal anesthesia | General anesthesia | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD |
| Weight (kg) | 2.48 ± 0.56 | 2.28 ± 0.43 | 0.090 | Not Significant | Preterm | 65 (44.5%) | 21 (77.8%) | 0.001 | Significant | New Ballard Score ( weeks) | 35.07 ± 1.84 | 34.59 ± 1.55 | 0.208 | Not Significant | Apgar score at 1 minute | 7.66 ± 1.27 | 6.52 ± 1.16 | <0.001 | Significant | Apgar score at 5 minutes | 8.79 ± 0.65 | 8.59 ± 0.93 | 0.172 | Not Significant | Heart rate/minute | 142.36 ± 12.53 | 151.48 ± 10.45 | <0.001 | Significant | Respiratory rate/minute | 41.25 ± 6.9 | 38.85 ± 6.03 | 0.093 | Not Significant | Breast feeding after cesarean (hrs.) | 29.01 ± 21.73 | 35.56 ± 41.1 | 0.225 | Not Significant |
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