Comparison of Pregnancy Outcome between 4 and 6 cm Cervical os Dilatation to Demarcate Active Phase of Labour: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Intrapartum management and labour outcomes between women with cervical os dilatation of 4 cm and 6 cm, .

	Cervical os dilatation		value
	Group 1 (4 cm)	Group 2 (6 cm)
Meconium-stained liquor at amniotomy, (%)	14 (13.9)	5 (9.3)	0.405
Oxytocin augmentation, (%)	51 (50.5)	8 (14.8)	<0.001
Mean duration of , min	164.1 (98.4)	75.0 (48.1)	0.015
Median duration of second stage (IQR), minutes	8.4 (4-10.5)	6.8 (3-8)	0.167
Use of analgesia, (%)	27 (26.7)	1 (1.9)	<0.001
Epidural	24 (88.9)	1 (100)
Pethidine	3 (11.1)	0
Median duration from amniotomy to delivery (IQR), minutes	217 (120-300)	95.7 (30-142.5)	<0.001
Caesarean section, (%)	20 (19.8)	1 (1.9)	0.002
Caesarean section for fetal distress, (%)	15 (14.9)	1 (1.9)	0.762
Caesarean section for poor progress, (%)	4 (4.0)	0 (0.0)	0.810
Mean birth , gram			0.768
Arterial cord pH ≤7.20, (%)	8 (9.1)	2 (4.2)	0.494

Pearson’s chi-square test, Independent -test, Wilcoxon’s rank sum test, Fisher’s exact test. SD = standard deviation; IQR = interquartile range.