Table 4. Obstetric management by country.
| UK n = 162 | Australia n = 61 | Italy n = 99 | the Netherlands n = 179 | France n = 126 | Denmark n = 288 | P-value | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical management | ||||||||||||||
| Oxytocin | No | 6 | (3·7) | 7 | (11·7) | 26 | (26·3) | 65 | (36·3) | 47 | (39·5) | - | - | <0·001 |
| Yes | 156 | (96·3) | 53 | (88·3) | 73 | (73·7) | 114 | (63·7) | 72 | (60·5) | - | - | ||
| Missing | 1 | 0 | 7 | - | - | |||||||||
| Ergometrine | No | 69 | (42·6) | 32 | (56·1) | - | - | 160 | (89·4) | - | - | - | - | <0·001 |
| Yes | 93 | (57·4) | 25 | (43·9) | - | - | 19 | (10·6) | - | - | - | - | ||
| Missing | 4 | - | - | |||||||||||
| Prostaglandin | No | 64 | (39·5) | 30 | (52·6) | 49 | (49·5) | 30 | (16·8) | 16 | (13·6) | - | - | <0·001 |
| Yes | 98 | (60·5) | 27 | (47·4) | 50 | (50·5) | 149 | (83·2) | 102 | (86·4) | - | - | ||
| Missing | 4 | 0 | 8 | - | - | |||||||||
| Misoprostol | No | 73 | (45·1) | 29 | (51·8) | - | - | 117 | (65·4) | 118 | (99·2) | - | - | <0·001 |
| Yes | 89 | (54·9) | 27 | (48·2) | - | - | 62 | (34·6) | 1 | (0·8) | - | - | ||
| Missing | 5 | 7 | - | - | ||||||||||
| Any uterotonic treatment | No | 5 | (3·1) | 3 | (5) | 21 | (21·2) | 13 | (7·3) | 9 | (7·5) | - | - | <0·001 |
| Yes | 157 | (96·9) | 57 | (95) | 78 | (78·8) | 166 | (92·7) | 111 | (92·5) | - | - | ||
| 1 | 6 | - | - | |||||||||||
| Surgical management | ||||||||||||||
| Intrauterine balloons | No | 68 | (42) | 26 | (44·8) | 45 | (45·5) | 77 | (43) | 88 | (72·1) | 246 | (85·4) | <0·001 |
| Yes | 94 | (58) | 32 | (55·2) | 54 | (54·5) | 102 | (57) | 34 | (27·9) | 42 | (14·6) | ||
| Missing | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| Intra-abdominal packing* | No | 147 | (90·7) | 47 | (83·9) | - | - | - | - | 109 | (90·1) | - | - | 0·344 |
| Yes | 15 | (9·3) | 9 | (16·1) | - | - | - | - | 12 | (9·9) | - | - | ||
| Missing | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | ||||||
| Embolisaton or ligation | No | 136 | (84) | 41 | (67·2) | 95 | (96) | 86 | (48) | 36 | (29·5) | 286 | (99·3) | <0·001 |
| Yes | 26 | (16) | 20 | (32·8) | 4 | (4) | 93 | (52) | 86 | (70·5) | 2 | (0·7) | ||
| Missing | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Compressive sutures | No | 123 | (75·9) | 38 | (64·4) | 86 | (86·9) | 154 | (86) | 90 | (73·8) | 247 | (85·8) | <0·001 |
| Yes | 39 | (24·1) | 21 | (35·6) | 13 | (13·1) | 25 | (14) | 32 | (26·2) | 41 | (14·2) | ||
| Missing | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| Hysterectomy | No | 87 | (53·7) | 29 | (47·5) | 26 | (26·3) | 126 | (70·4) | 66 | (54·5) | 223 | (77·4) | <0·001 |
| Yes | 75 | (46·3) | 32 | (52·5) | 73 | (73·7) | 53 | (29·6) | 55 | (45·5) | 65 | (22·6) | ||
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||
* Italian and Danish data include intrauterine packing.
The Netherlands: intra-abdominal packing was after hysterectomy and was not included. Missing data were not included in the percentage. A dash indicated that the country did not collect data on that specific variable.