Table 3.
Frequency of obstetric and neonatal interventions between healthcare regions
| Region | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stockholm | Uppsala | Linköping | Lund | Göteborg | Örebro | Umeå | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Obstetric interventions | |||||||
| Foetuses alive at admission* | 213 | 147 | 69 | 142 | 161 | 26 | 86 |
| Birth at level III hospital | 164 (77) | 103 (70) | 47 (68) | 109 (77) | 138 (86) | 18 (69) | 64 (74) |
| Antenatal steroids, 2 doses | 85 (40) | 91 (62) | 36 (52) | 87 (61) | 98 (61) | 9 (35) | 62 (72) |
| Caesarean section | 61 (29) | 79 (54) | 27 (39) | 85 (60) | 48 (30) | 12 (46) | 49 (57) |
| Tocolytic treatment† | 108 (68) | 70 (70) | 47 (89) | 81 (79) | 92 (75) | 18 (81) | 45 (70) |
| Neonatal interventions | |||||||
| Infants born alive | 177 | 135 | 59 | 117 | 126 | 21 | 72 |
| Surfactant within 2 h after birth | 65 (37) | 99 (73) | 21 (36) | 78 (67) | 44 (35) | 10 (24) | 50 (69) |
| Neonatologist present at birth | 130 (73) | 108 (80) | 48 (81) | 106 (91) | 109 (87) | 20 (90) | 66 (92) |
| Intubation at birth | 53 (48) | 101 (75) | 21 (36) | 79 (68) | 53 (42) | 8 (38) | 54 (75) |
| Admitted to NICU§ | 150 (92) | 132 (99) | 50 (89) | 111 (98) | 124 (98) | 18 (90) | 69 (100) |
*
Foetus alive at mother's admission for delivery.
†
For the subgroup with spontaneous preterm labour only (denominator N values: 158, 101, 53, 103, 122, 22 and 64 for the seven regions, respectively).
§
For infants alive 30 min after birth (denominator N values: 163, 133, 56, 113, 126, 20 and 69 for the seven regions, respectively).
Tocolysis p = 0.06; all other obstetric and neonatal interventions p < 0.05.