Table 3.
Description of labor and delivery outcome variables of study participants in Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, June–August 2018 (n = 606).
| Variables | Meconium-stained amniotic fluid | Clear amniotic fluid | ||
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| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Mode of delivery | ||||
| Spontaneous vaginal delivery | 55 | 36.9 | 261 | 57.1 |
| Instrumental delivery | 10 | 6.7 | 19 | 4.2 |
| Cesarean section | 84 | 56.4 | 177 | 38.7 |
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| Newborn sex | ||||
| Male | 77 | 51.7 | 239 | 52.3 |
| Female | 72 | 48.3 | 218 | 47.7 |
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| Birth weight in kilograms | ||||
| Less than 2.5 | 32 | 21.5 | 104 | 22.8 |
| ≥2.5 | 117 | 78.5 | 353 | 77.2 |
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| First minute Apgar score | ||||
| <7 | 52 | 34.9 | 35 | 7.7 |
| ≥7 | 97 | 65.1 | 422 | 92.3 |
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| Fifth-minute Apgar score | ||||
| 0 | 3 | 2.0 | 6 | 1.3 |
| 1–3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4–6 | 11 | 7.4 | 6 | 1.3 |
| ≥7 | 135 | 90.6 | 445 | 97.4 |
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| Newborn resuscitated | ||||
| Yes | 72 | 48.3 | 41 | 9.0 |
| No | 77 | 51.7 | 416 | 91.0 |
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| Newborn intubated | ||||
| Yes | 16 | 10.7 | 10 | 2.2 |
| No | 133 | 89.3 | 447 | 97.8 |
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| Referral to the NICU | ||||
| Yes | 80 | 53.7 | 104 | 22.8 |
| No | 69 | 46.3 | 353 | 77.2 |
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| Reason for referral | ||||
| Low birth weight | 6 | 7.4 | 31 | 29.8 |
| Perinatal asphyxia | 7 | 8.6 | 5 | 4.8 |
| Meconium aspiration syndrome | 45 | 55.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Early-onset neonatal sepsis | 12 | 14.8 | 22 | 21.2 |
| Respiratory distress syndrome | 4 | 4.9 | 10 | 9.6 |
| Others | 7 | 8.6 | 36 | 34.2 |
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| Proportion | 149 | 24.9 | 457 | 75.4 |