Table 3.
Early Amniotomy verses Apgar Scores / Admissions to New-born special care unit
| Variable | Variable category |
Amniotomy (n = 107) |
Control (n = 107) |
P - value RR (CI 95%) | |
| Freq (%) | Freq (%) | ||||
| Oxytocin augmentation |
Yes | 3 (2.8) | 21 (19.6) | <0.001 | 0.14 (0.04, 0.46) |
| No | 104 (97.2) | 86 (80.4) | |||
| Emergency C/S | Yes | 7 (6.5) | 5 (4.7) | 0.77 | 1.4 (0.46, 4.27) |
| No | 100 (93.5) | 102 (95.3) | |||
| 1st minute Apgar | < 7 | 13 (12.1) | 17 (15.9) | 0.43 | 0.76 (0.39, 1.50) |
| ≥ 7 | 94 (87.9) | 90 (84.1) | |||
| 5th minute Apgar | < 7 | 1 (0.9) | 3 (2.8) | 0.62 | 0.33 (.04, 3.15) |
| ≥ 7 | 106 (99.1) | 104 (97.2) | |||
| NBSCU admission | Yes | 11 (10.3) | 9 (8.4) | 0.64 | 1.22 (0.53, 2.83) |
| No | 96 (89.7) | 98 (91.6) | |||