Table 3 Obstetric and labor complications among mothers whose neonates were admitted to the NICU of public hospitals in eastern Ethiopia, 2018 [n = 489]
Characteristics | Category | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Obstetric complications during the current pregnancy | Yes | 81 | 16.6 |
No | 408 | 83.4 | |
Preeclampsia or eclampsia | 43 | 8.8 | |
Chorioamnionitis | 8 | 1.6 | |
Premature rupture of membrane | 18 | 3.7 | |
Antepartum hemorrhage | 17 | 3.5 | |
Other | 1 | 0.2 | |
Medical illness during pregnancy | Yes | 30 | 6.1 |
No | 459 | 93.9 | |
Diabetes mellitus | 5 | 1.0 | |
Hypertension | 8 | 1.6 | |
Tuberculosis | 1 | 0.2 | |
Cardiac disease | 1 | 0.2 | |
Anemia | 14 | 2.9 | |
Human immunodeficiency virus | 3 | 0.6 | |
Others | 2 | 0.4 | |
Complication during labor | Yes | 226 | 46.2 |
No | 263 | 53.8 | |
| Â | Prolonged labor | 103 | 21.1 |
| Â | Premature rupture of membrane | 62 | 12.7 |
| Â | Fetal distress | 84 | 17.2 |
| Â | Cord prolapsed | 8 | 1.6 |