Table 3.
Maternal outcome
| OUTCOME | TYPE OF SURGERY | |||||
| ELECTIVE (N=249) n(%) |
EMERGENCY (N=456) n(%) |
TOTAL (N=705) n(%) |
X2 | df | P value | |
| BLOOD LOSS (mililitres) | ||||||
| < 1000 | 216 (86.7) | 384 (84.2) | 600 (85.1) | 0.817 | 1 | 0.366 |
| ≥ 1000 | 33 (13.3) | 72 (15.8) | 105 (14.9) | |||
| Post-partum anaemia | ||||||
| Yes | 45 (18.1) | 95 (20.8) | 140 (19.9) | 0.771 | 1 | 0.380 |
| No | 204 (81.9) | 361 (79.2) | 565 (80.1) | |||
|
Duration of stay post-surgery (days) |
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| < 7 | 217 (87.1) | 364 (79.8) | 581 (82.4) | 5.960 | 1 | 0.015* |
| ≥ 7 | 32 (12.9) | 92 (20.2) | 124 (17.6) | |||
| Wound dehiscience/breakdown | ||||||
| Yes | 3 (1.2) | 1 (0.2) | 4 (0.6) | |||
| No | 246 (98.8) | 455 (99.8) | 701 (99.4) | |||
| Surgical site infection | ||||||
| Yes | 2 (0.8) | 4 (0.9) | 6 (0.9) | |||
| No | 247 (99.2) | 452 (99.1) | 699 (99.1) | |||
| Puerperal sepsis | ||||||
| Yes | 0 (0) | 6 (1.3) | 6 (0.9) | |||
| No | 249 (100) | 450 (98.7) | 699 (99.1) | |||
| Caesarean hysterectomy | ||||||
| Yes | 0 (0) | 2 (0.4) | 2 (0.3) | |||
| No | 249 (100) | 454 (99.6) | 703 (99.7) | |||
| Icu admission | ||||||
| Yes | 1 (0.4) | 2 (0.4) | 3 (0.4) | |||
| No | 248 (99.6) | 454 (99.6) | 702 (99.6) | |||
| Venous thromboembolism | ||||||
| Yes | 0 (0) | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.1) | |||
| No | 249 (100) | 255 (99.8) | 704 (99.9) | |||
| Maternal death | ||||||
| Yes | 0 (0) | 4 (0.9) | 4 (0.6) | 2.197 | 1 | 0.138 |
| No | 249 (100) | 452 (99.1) | 701 (99.4) | |||
X2, chi-square, p-value < 0.05
*
statistically significant.