Table 4.
Neonatal outcomes of crash cesarean section according to decision-to-delivery interval (DDI).
| Outcomes | ≤15 minutes (n = 90) |
>15 minutes (n = 13) |
Significance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neonatal admission | P = .135 | ||
| Nursery | 59 (65.6%) | 5 (38.5%) | |
| NICU | 27 (30.0%) | 8 (61.3%) | |
| Still birth | 1 (1.1%) | – | |
| Neonatal deaths | 3 (3.3%) | – | |
| Neonatal weights (kg) | 2.67 ± 0.77 (0.79–4.59) | 2.25 ± 1.18 (0.68–4.86) | P = .089 |
| Apgar 1 minute | 3.22 ± 2.93 (0–9) |
5.23 ± 2.89 (0–9) |
P = .948 |
| Apgar 5 minutes | 7.54 ± 2.92 (0–10) |
7.85 ± 2.19 (3–10) |
P = .988 |
| Apgar 10 minutes | 5.89 ± 3.03 (0–10) |
7.67 ± 1.15 (7–9) |
P = .415 |
| Umbilical cord arterial pH | 7.13 ± 0.19 (6.60–7.35) |
7.15 ± 0.25 (6.60–7.50) |
P = .766 |
| <7.10 | 21 (25.6%) | 3 (25.0%) | 0.636 |
| ≥7.10 | 61 (74.4%) | 9 (75.0%) | |
| Fetal outcomes | |||
| Good | 63 (70.0%) | 6 (46.2%) | P < .0001 |
| RDS | 7 (7.8%) | 5 (38.5%) | P = .007 |
| Still birth | 3 (3.3%) | – | P = .654 |
| Neonatal deaths | 2 (2.2%) | 1 (7.7%) | P = .336 |
| Intubated | 5 (5.6%) | 2 (15.4%) | P = .214 |
| Jaundice | 7 (7.8%) | 2 (15.4%) | P = .317 |
| Congenital diseases or anomalies | 8 (8.9%) | – | P = .326 |
| Sepsis | 2 (2.2%) | 1 (7.7%) | P = .336 |
| On CPAP | 3 (3.3%) | 1 (7.7%) | P = .422 |
| Asphyxia | – | 1 (7.7%) | P = .126 |
| Hypoxia ischemic encephalopathy | 6 (6.7%) | 1 (7.7%) | P = .623 |
| Seizure | 2 (2.2%) | 1 (7.7%) | P = .336 |
| NEC | 2 (2.2%) | – | P = .762 |
| Nonimmune hydrops | 1 (1.1%) | – | P = .974 |
| DNR | 1 (1.1%) | – | P = .974 |
Bold values indicate significant difference between group.
CPAP = continuous positive airway pressure, DNR = do-not-resuscitate, NEC = necrotizing enterocolitis, NICU = neonatal intensive care unit, RDS = respiratory distress syndrome.