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Table 5 Times intervals between foetal heart rate assessments and vaginal examination

From: Quality of intrapartum care: direct observations in a low-resource tertiary hospital

 

Median(IQR)*

Foetal heart monitoring (hours and minutes):

 FHR interval between admission and next FHR assessment**

162(70–261)

 FHR interval

100(51–193)

   ≤ 15 min n(%)

23(9.1)

  16 to ≤ 30 min n(%)

19(7.5)

  31 to ≤ 60 min n(%)

34(13.4)

  61 ≤ 120 min n(%)

70(27.6)

   > 120 min n(%)

108(42.5)

 Overall last FHR to delivery interval

87(41–170)

  Last FHR to delivery interval: Morning

83(35–145)

  Last FHR to delivery interval: Evening

84(45–162)

  Last FHR to delivery interval: Night

98(36–216)

 Vaginal Examination time intervals in first stage

125(56–225)

   ≤ 2 h n(%)

188(47.7)

   ≤ 4 h n(%)

127(32.2)

   > 4 h n(%)

79(20.1)

  1. * Unless otherwise specified, results are presented as median (IQR), **Excludes women admitted with < 4 cm cervical dilatation