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Table 6 End of pregnancy and pregnancy outcome

From: Severe maternal morbidity and near misses in tertiary hospitals, Kelantan, Malaysia: a cross-sectional study

Variable

SMM (n = 395)

MNM (n = 47)

n (%)

n (%)

End of pregnancy

Mode of delivery

 Spontaneous vaginal delivery

64 (16.2)

6 (12.8)

 Assisted vaginal delivery

13 (3.3)

1 (2.1)

 Elective caesarean section

39 (9.9)

5 (10.6)

 Emergency caesarean section

247 (62.5)

30 (63.8)

 Laparotomy - ectopic pregnancy

12 (3.0)

3 (6.4)

 Laparoscopy - ectopic pregnancy

19 (4.8)

1 (2.1)

 Laparotomy - intra-abdominal bleeding

1 (0.3)

1 (2.1)

Term delivery

 Yes

262 (66.3)

28 (59.6)

 No

133 (33.7)

19 (40.4)

Pregnancy outcome

Foetal outcome

 Alive

350 (88.6)

38 (80.9)

 Dead

45 (11.4)

9 (19.1)

Birth weight (kg)

2.8 (0.89)a,b

2.7 (0.91)a,c

Sex of baby

 Boy

183 (50.4)b

22 (52.4)c

 Girl

179 (49.3)

19 (45.2)

 Ambiguous

1 (0.3)

1 (2.4)

 

SMM (n = 350)

MNM (n = 38)

 

n (%)

n (%)

If alive

 Healthy

186 (53.1)

14 (36.8)

 Admitted to neonatal ICU

168 (46.9)

24 (63.2)

 

SMM (n = 45)

MNM (n = 9)

 

n (%)

n (%)

If dead

  < 22 weeks gestation

32 (71.1)

5 (55.6)

 Fresh stillbirth

6 (13.3)

2 (22.2)

 Macerated stillbirth

3 (6.7)

2 (22.2)

 Early neonatal death

4 (8.9)

0 (0.0)

  1. SMM severe maternal morbidity, MNM maternal near miss
  2. amean (standard deviation)
  3. b n = 363. 32 women were at less than 22 weeks gestation
  4. c n = 42. Five women were at less than 22 weeks gestation