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Table 1 AIE cohort characteristics

From: Unplanned out-of-hospital birth and risk factors of adverse perinatal outcome: findings from a prospective cohort

Characteristic

our Cohort (N = 1670)

EMS Caller Profile N (%)

 Woman

370 (22.2%)

 Close One Person

977 (58.6%)

 Midwife

32 (1.9%)

 Fireman/Paramedic

118 (7.1%)

 Liberal Physician

4 (0.2%)

 Call Transfer Center

112 (6.7%)

 Other (Care Center…)

55 (3.3%)

Women Age N (%)

  < 20 years

28 (1.8%)

 20–34 years

1121 (72.9%)

  ≥ 35 years

389 (25.3%)

Pregnancy N (%)

 Singleton

1652 (99.2%)

 Multiple

13 (0.8%)

Parity N (%)

 0

220 (13%)

 1

743 (44.6%)

 2

401 (24,1%)

  ≥ 3

302 (18.3%)

Antenatal Care N (%)

 Conform

1537 (93.5%)

 None

47 (2.9%)

 Denial or Unknown Pregnancy

59 (3.6%)

Pregnancy Pathology N (%)

 Yes

368 (22.2%)

 No

1289 (77.8%)

Fetal Pathology N (%)

 Yes

16 (1%)

 No

1634 (99%)

Midwife consultation in the last 24 h

 Yes

347 (23.6%)

 No

1126 (76.4%)

Cephalic Presentation N (%)

 Yes

1552 (98.3%)

 No

27 (1.7%)

Prematurity (Weeks to term)

 0–2

838 (67.5%)

 2–4

304 (24.4%)

 4–8

70 (5.7%)

  > 8

30 (2.4%)

Neonates Characteristics (% or Mean ± SD (N))

 Girls/Boys (%)

53%/47% (1665)

 Weight (g)

3008 ± 832 (1649)

 APGAR M1

9 ± 2 (591)

 APGAR M5

10 ± 1 (591)

 APGAR at EMS arrival

10 ± 1 (1072)

  1. EMS emergency medical services, APGAR score Activity, Pulse, Grimace, Appearance, Respiration, SD Standart Deviation