. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 May 5.

Published in final edited form as: Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2004 Apr;85(1):74–80. doi: 10.1016/S0020-7292(03)00311-4

Table 1.

Proportion of labors augmented and augmentation appropriateness

Proportion of labors augmented (%)	165/181 (91)
Free department	108/121 (89)
Paying department	57/60 (95)
Proportion of labors inappropriately augmented	154/165 (93)
Reason for inappropriateness (%)^a
Timing (at first vaginal exam)	63/154 (41)
Augmentation with intact membranes	56/154 (36)
Augmentation at membrane rupture	65/154 (42)
at first vaginal exam	27/154 (17)
after first vaginal exam	38/154 (25)
Augmentation despite good progress	37/154 (24)

^a Forty-five percent had two reasons.