Table 4.
Maternal and neonatal outcomes by length of delay for preeclamptic and non-preeclamptic women
| Non-Preeclamptic | Preeclamptic | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delay < 6 h: na (%) | Delay ≥ 6 h: n (%) | p- value | Delay < 6 h: n (%) | Delay ≥ 6 h: n (%) | p-value | |
| Mothers | ||||||
| ICU admission | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0.45 | 9 (6.9) | 11 (10.9) | 0.28 |
| Coma | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.8) | 1 (1.0) | 0.86 | |
| Transfusion | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0) | 0.45 | 5 (3.9) | 2 (2.0) | 0.41 |
| Eclampsia | no cases | no cases | 13 (9.9) | 9 (9) | 0.81 | |
| Cesarean section | 7 (4.9) | 5 (10.4) | 0.19 | 80 (61.1) | 66 (65.4) | 0.50 |
| Newborns | ||||||
| NICU admission | 18 (12.8) | 9 (18.8) | 0.32 | 52 (40.9) | 44 (43.6) | 0.69 |
| Stillbirth | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.1) | 0.96 | 19 (14.5) | 6 (5.9) | 0.03 |
| Low birth weight (< 2500 g) | 22 (15.7) | 5 (10.4) | 0.35 | 65 (50.0) | 46 (46.0) | 0.55 |
| APGAR < 7 at 5 min | 12 (8.5) | 7 (14.6) | 0.24 | 46 (35.1) | 30 (29.7) | 0.36 |
aSurvey participants who did not answer length of delay were excluded