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. 2016 Dec 8;37(3):236–242. doi: 10.1038/jp.2016.214

Table 2. Duration of second stage of labor and rates of specific birth asphyxia-related complications.

    Birth asphyxia-related complications (N=269)a
  Total HIE
Hypothermia treatment
Neonatal seizures
Meconium aspiration
Heart compressions
Intubation
    N % N % N % N % N % N %
  42 539 97 0.23 23 0.05 95 0.22 68 0.16 46 0.11 71 0.17
Second stage (h)
 <1 13 558 18 0.13 3 0.02 20 0.15 15 0.11 8 0.06 12 0.09
 1 to <2 12 225 25 0.20 5 0.04 23 0.19 16 0.13 9 0.07 16 0.13
 2 to <3 7710 17 0.22 5 0.06 23 0.30 19 0.25 6 0.08 16 0.21
 3 to <4 5238 15 0.29 3 0.06 12 0.23 8 0.15 13 0.25 14 0.27
 ⩾4 3808 22 0.58 7 0.18 17 0.45 10 0.26 10 0.26 13 0.34
P-value     <0.0001   0.0047   0.0055   0.0648   0.0001   0.0021

Abbreviation: HIE, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy.

a

Infants had one or several diagnoses.