Research Article
The Effect of Epidural Analgesia on the Delivery Outcome of Induced Labour: A Retrospective Case Series
Table 2
Neonatal characteristics in the sample.
| | | Total
sample
( = 1,046) | Epidural,
yes
() | Epidural,
no
() | |
| | Fetal gender | | | | | | Male | 549 (52.5%) | 178 (54.4%) | 371 (51.6%) | | | Female | 497 (47.5%) | 149 (45.6%) | 348 (48.4%) | | Birth weight (g), mean (SD) | 3371 (559) | 3483 (522) | 3320 (568) | < | | Birth weight (g) | | | | | | <4000 | 913 (87.3%) | 268 (81.9%) | 641 (89.3%) | | | ≥4000 | 133 (12.7%) | 59 (18.1%) | 78 (10.7%) | | Head circumference at birth (cm), mean (SD) | 34.7 (1.6) | 35.0 (1.5) | 34.6 (1.7) | < | | Apgar score < 7 at 1 minute | | | | | | 0–6 | 91 (8.7%) | 37 (11.4%) | 53 (7.4%) | | | 7–10 | 949 (91.3%) | 228 (88.6%) | 662 (92.6%) | | Apgar score < 7 at 5 minutes | | | | | | 0–6 | 14 (1.3%) | 3 (0.9%) | 11 (1.5%) | | | 7–10 | 1025 (98.7%) | 321 (99.1%) | 704 (98.5%) | | Cord gases at delivery, arterial pH, mean (SD) | 7.23 ± 0.07 | 7.24 ± 0.07 | 7.22 ± 0.08 | | | Cord gases at delivery, venous pH, mean (SD) | 7.29 ± 0.06 | 7.29 ± 0.06 | 7.28 ± 0.07 | | | Admitted to NNU | | | | | | No | 812 (96%) | 242 (95.3%) | 570 (96.3%) | | | Yes | 34 (4%) | 12 (4.7%) | 22 (3.7%) |
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Student’s -test; Fisher’s exact test.
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