National Women's Annual Clinical Report 2010

Table 204: 3 rd and 4 th degree tears in spontaneous (non operative) vertex birth by LMC at
birth and parity (2010)
Nullipara Multipara
Total n % Total n %
Total 1650 46 2.8 2567 17 0.7
Independent Midwife 948 27 2.8 1297 12 0.9
Private Obstetrician 223 4 1.8 381 0 0.0
GP 20 1 5.0 36 0 0.0
National Women’s 459 14 3.1 853 5 0.6
Table 205:Third stage management by PPH risk among vaginal births (2010)
Total
n=5218
Physiological
n=444
Active
syntocinon
n=2576
Active
syntometrine
n=2089
Other
n=2
Unknown
n=107
n n % n % n % n % n %
Spontaneous vaginal
birth
4276 440 10.2 2001 46.8 1750 40.9 2 83 1.9
Operative vaginal
birth
BMI
942 4 0.4 575 61.0 339 36.0 0 0.0 24 2.5
35 367 14 3.8 184 50.1 158 43.1 0 0.0 11 3.0
missing 143 17 11.9 68 47.6 54 37.8 0 0.0 4 2.8
Previous CS
Hypertension
278 11 4.0 136 48.9 123 44.2 0 0.0 8 2.9
Nil 4844 434 9.0 2272 46.9 2036 42.0 2 0.04 100 2.1
Gestational
Hypertension
160 2 1.3 128 80.0 25 15.6 0 0.0 5 3.1
Chronic
hypertension
105 5 4.8 80 76.2 19 18.1 0 0.0 1 1.0
Superimposed
preeclampsia
9 1 11.1 8 88.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Preeclampsia 100 2 2.0 88 88.0 9 9.0 0 0.0 1 1.0
Singleton 5169 443 8.6 2557 49.5 2062 39.9 1 0.02 106 2.1
Twins 49 1 2.0 19 38.8 27 55.1 1 2.0 1 2.0
Table 206: Postpartum transfusion rates by recorded blood loss at birth (2010)
Total Postpartum transfusion
n %
Total 7709 190 2.5
Blood loss 2500 56 49 87.5
Blood loss unknown 8 0
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