Modified triple P group

(Number: 57)

Historical group (Number: 18)

P value

Age: mean ± SD

29.2 ± 3.9

28.1 ± 4.3

>0.05

Residency

ž Urban: Number (%)

30/57

10/18

>0.05

ž Rural: Number (%)

27/57

8/18

>0.05

Type of admission

ž Booked cases

36/57

7/18

>0.05

ž Referral cases

21/57

11/18

>0.05

Gestational age in weeks: mean ± SD

35.8 ± 2.7

35.5 ± 1.6

>0.05

Preoperative Hb: mean ± SD

10.4 ± 0.5

10.1 ± 0.7

>0.05

BMI

25.5 ± 4.9

21.7 ± 4.6

>0.05

Timing of Surgery

ž Elective: Number (%)

51 (89.5%)

13 (72.2%)

>0.05

ž Emergency: Number (%)

6 (10.5%)

5 (27.8%)

>0.05

No. of previous CS: median (range)

4 (2 - 6)

4 (2 - 5)

>0.05

Operative time: minutes (Mean ± SD)

152.8 ± 26

200 ± 34

<0.001

Estimated blood loss (Mean ± SD)

2300 ± 460

3044 ± 430

<0.001

Need for blood transfusion: Number (%)

57 (100%)

18 (100%)

>0.05

Units of backed RBCs transfusion: median (range)

5 (3 - 8)

8 (4 - 12)

<0.001

Immediate post-operative Hb: Mean ± SD

9.7 ± 0.9

9.2 ± 1.6

>0.05

Hospital stay (days): Mean ± SD

1.6 ± 0.6

2.5 ± 0.9

<0.001