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Table 6 Fetal and Maternal outcome parameters of the Participants in the two Audits

From: Improving the quality of obstetric care for women with obstructed labour in the national referral hospital in Uganda: lessons learnt from criteria based audit

Variable

Audit 1

Audit 2

p-value

Number (%)

Number (%)

Baby admitted in Special care Unit after delivery

 Yes

27 (15.2)

31 (17.2)

0.61

 No

149 (84.8)

149 (82.8)

0.61

Reason for admission to Special care Unit

 Birth asphyxia

12 (43.9)

14 (45.1)

0.93

 Low APGAR

15 (56.1)

9 (29.0)

0.04

 Neonatal Sepsis

0 (0.0)

8 (25.9)

0.02

Baby alive at discharge

   

 Yes

153 (85.7)

153 (85.0)

0.85

 No

27 (14.3)

27 (15.0)

0.85

If baby not alive, is it any of the following?

 Fresh still birth

12 (43.5)

20 (74.1)

0.02

 Macerated Still birth

07 (26.1)

4 (14.8)

0.30

 Early neonatal death

08 (30.4)

3 (11.1)

0.08

Mode of delivery

 Caesarean Section

172 (95.3)

149 (83.7)

<0.001

 Vacuum delivery

04 (2.5)

10 (5.6)

0.17

 Vaginal delivery

02 (1.1)

10 (6.6)

0.01

 Destructive delivery

02 (1.1)

09 (5.1)

0.03

Maternal Morbidity

 Ruptured uterus

08 (43.3)

2 (11.8)

0.04

 Sepsis/dehiscence

10 (50.0)

2 (11.8)

0.02

 Obstetric fistula

01 (6.7)

0 (0.0)

0.31

 Post spinal headache

0 (0.0)

13 (76.4)

<0.001

Duration of hospital stay

  ≤ 3 days

50 (30.1)

69 (38.8)

0.08

 4–7 days

106 (61.4)

103 (57.9)

0.50

 8–14 days

11 (6.2)

4 (2.2)

0.06

  > 14 days

04 (2.3)

2 (1.1)

0.38