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. 2021 Jul 19;5:29. doi: 10.18332/ejm/137605

Table 3.

Maternal and neonatal outcome during pandemic lockdown period compared with the same period in 2019

Outcomes 2019 (n=1215) n (%) 2020 (n=1260) n (%) p
Maternal outcome
Epidural 607 (49.9) 622 (49.3) 0.77
Episiotomy 322 (26.5) 352 (27.9) 0.42
3rd and 4th perineal tears 4 (0.3) 6 (0.05) 0.55
Skin-to-skin 897 (73.8) 1036 (82.2) <0.001
Breastfeeding within 2 h 830 (68.3) 1003 (79.6) <0.001
Postpartum hysterectomy 1 (0.1) 1 (0.1) 0.98
Shoulder dystocia 3 (0.2) 0 (0.0) 0.78
Haematic loss >1500 cc 9 (0.7) 14 (1.1) 0.34
Return to operating room 11 (0.9) 3 (0.2) 0.03
Neonatal outcome
Gestational age at birth (weeks) 38.7 (1.6) 38.5 (1.8) 0.15
Gestational age at birth (weeks) 0.36
 ≥28 and <34 15 (1.2) 21 (1.7)
 <28 2 (0.2) 5 (0.4)
Neonatal birth weight (g), mean ± SD 3247.7 ± 483.9 3224.4 ± 514.1 0.25
Neonatal resuscitation 35 (2.8) 22 (2.5) 0.60
Admission to NICU 6 (0.5) 4 (0.3) 0.59
APGAR at 5 min <7 5 (0.4) 5 (0.4) 0.95
Stillbirth 0 (0.0) 3 (0.2) 0.09
Arterial PH <7 5 (0.4) 4 (0.3) 0.70
Unknown SGA 5 (0.4) 17 (0.2) 0.24