Table 3.
Reason for admission to neonatal special care after delivery by emergency caesarean section
| Reason for admission | Interval between decision and delivery
|
All (n=108) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <30 minutes | 31-40 minutes | 41-50 minutes | >50 minutes | ||
| Prematurity | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 58 |
| Ventilation | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Observation after resuscitation | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Weight <2.1 kg | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| Anomaly | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Hypoglycaemia (diabetic mother) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Other | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |