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Table 2 Analysis framework for the category “understanding of and actions for foetal distress and birth asphyxia”

From: Health care workers’ experiences of managing foetal distress and birth asphyxia at health facilities in Northern Uganda

Open coding

Sub-categories

Category

Defining foetal distress

Knowledge of foetal distress

Managing foetal distress and birth asphyxia

Diagnosis of foetal distress

Confirmation of foetal distress

IV fluids/rehydration

Interventions for foetal distress

Lateral positioning and repositioning

Oxygen administration to mother

Referral to a higher level facility

Expediting delivery

Reassuring the mother

Consultation and team work

Failure to initiate breathing

Knowledge of birth asphyxia

newborn not breathing well

failure to gain normal respirations

newborn is blue, baby is floppy

Apgar score less than 7

Apgar score of 3 to 1 are difficult

Severity of birth asphyxia

Resuscitation

Interventions for birth asphyxia

Suctioning of the newborn

Using ambubag to resuscitate

Keep the newborn warm

Giving 10% dextrose

Using drugs like aminophylline

Giving oxygen

Referral to higher facility