Perinatal outcome of emergency cesarean section under neuraxial anesthesia versus general anesthesia: a seven-year retrospective analysis

Table 2 Outcomes of neonatus underwent emergency cesarean section under general or neuraxial anesthesia

Variables	GA group	EA group	CSE group	P value
Apgar score
1 min	10[8,10]^a,b	10[10,10]	10[10,10]	P < 0.0001
5 min	10[10,10]^a,b	10[10,10]	10[10,10]	P < 0.0001
Apgar score < 7
1 min	35(10.4%)^a	1(0.7%)	1(1.5%)	P < 0.0001
5 min	9(2.7%)	0	1(1.5%)	0.111
Apgar score < 3
1 min	10(3.0%)	0	1(1.5%)	0.108
5 min	3(0.9%)	0	0	0.701
Birth height, cm	48.90 ± 3.09^a	49.88 ± 1.21	49.32 ± 1.87	0.001
Birth weight, g	3062.72 ± 652.90^a	3271.17 ± 397.70	3169.54 ± 515.82	0.002
Resuscitation, n	37(11.0%)^a	3(2.2%)	5(7.7%)	0.003
Admission to NICU, n	78(23.1%)^a	4(2.9%)^b	10(15.4%)	P < 0.0001
Duration of NICU,day	6[4, 13]	4.5[4, 6.5]	6[4.5, 8.5]	0.469
Complications, n
NRDS	22(6.5%)^a	1(0.7%)	2(3.1%)	0.01
NHIE	5(1.5%)	1(0.7%)	2(3.1%)	0.352
PDA	20(5.9%)	2(1.5%)	2(3.1%)	0.085
PFO	34(10.1%)^a	3(2.2%)	2(3.1%)	0.003
Pneumonia	16(4.7%)	1(0.7%)	3(4.6%)	0.071
Child death, n	3(0.9%)	0	0	0.701

Data were expressed as mean ± standard deviation (Mean ± SD) or median [P25, P75] or number (percentage); NRDS Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome, NHIE Neonatal Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy, PDA Patent Ductus Arteriosus, PFO Patent Foramen Ovale
^ap < 0.05 in comparison with EA group
^bp < 0.05 in comparison with CSE group

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