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. 2018 Jul 29;8(2):020401. doi: 10.7189/jogh.08-020401

Table 2.

Mean ± standard deviation or n (percentage) of principal maternal, secondary maternal, principal perinatal, secondary perinatal and process measure outcomes

All sites Groote Schuur Hospital Kimberley Hospital Tygerberg Hospital
Number of women
1547
770 (49.8)
167 (10.8)
610 (39.4)
Principal outcomes
Maternal outcomes:
Maternal death
16 (1.0)
3 (0.4)
6 (3.6)
7 (1.1)
Eclampsia
147 (9.5)
71 (9.2)
16 (9.6)
60 (9.8)
Stroke
4 (0.3)
2 (0.3)
0 (0)
2 (0.3)
Highest creatinine during admission (μmol/L)
79.6 ± 78.8
86.0 ± 76.4
84.96 ± 116.40
70.1 ± 69.9
Kidney injury (n = 1544)
272 (17.6)
174 (22.6)
26 (15.9)
72 (11.8)
PERINATAL DEATH
332 (21.0)
188 (23.6)
80 (15.1)
118 (18.9)
Secondary outcomes
Process measures:
Maternal magnesium sulphate administration
1345 (86.9)
686 (89.1)
120 (71.9)
539 (88.4)
Maternal Critical Care Unit admission
453 (29.3)
105 (13.6)
114 (68.3)
234 (38.4)
Total number of infants
1589
793
172
624
Perinatal outcomes:
Stillbirth
281 (17.7)
162 (20.4)
16 (9.3)
103 (16.5)
Early neonatal death
39 (2.5)
21 (2.6)
6 (3.5)
12 (1.9)
Late neonatal death
12 (0.8)
5 (0.6)
4 (2.3)
3 (0.5)
Preterm birth <37 weeks
913 (70.0)
491 (78.1)
99 (63.5)
323 (62.1)
Preterm birth <34 weeks 544 (41.7) 303 (48.2) 52 (33.3) 189 (36.3)