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Table 4 Represents intrapartum risk factors of birth asphyxia in a tertiary care hospital of Karachi, Pakistan 2013

From: “Risk factors of birth asphyxia”

Serial no

Category

 

Cases N = 123

Control N = 117

CI/95%

P-value

OR

9

Did the mother suffer any of the conditions during labor/pregnancy?

      
 

a) Prolapsed umbilical cord

Yes

10 (8.1%)

3 (2.6%)

0.90-12.54

0.05

3.36

No

113 (91.9%)

114 (97.4%)

   
 

b) Cephalopelvic disproportion

Yes

19 (15.4%)

5 (4.3%)

1.47-11.53

<0.01

4.09

No

104 (84.6%)

112 (95.7%)

   
 

c) Maternal hypotension

Yes

6 (4.9%)

4 (3.4%)

0.39-5.27

0.57

1.44

No

117 (95.1%)

113 (96.6%)

   
 

d) Spontaneous premature rupture of membranes (PROM)

Yes

41 (33.3%)

6 (5.1%)

3.75-22.81

  

No

82 (66.7%)

111(94.9%)

 

<0.01

9.25

 

e) Artificial premature rupture of membranes (PROM)

Yes

2 (1.6%)

1 (0.9%)

0.17-21.43

  

No

121 (98.4%)

116 (99.1%)

 

0.59

1.91

 

f) Fever

Yes

38 (30.9%)

5 (4.3%)

3.78-26.52

<0.0

10.0

  

112

 

1

1

No

85 (69.1%)

(95.7%)

   
 

g) Was the mother given any sedative or analgesic drugs intravenously within 1 hour of delivery or intramuscularly within 2 hours of delivery?

Yes

34 (27.9%)

60 (51.3%)

0.21-0.62

  

No

88 (72.1%)

.57 (81.7)

 

<0.01

0.36

  1. Threshold of significance is 0.05.
  2. All significant values were in bold letters.