ArticleSultan Qaboos University medical journal2017
Decision-to-Delivery Time Intervals in Emergency Caesarean Section Cases: Repeated cross-sectional study from Oman.
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- Factors associated with prolonged 'decision-to-delivery intervals' during emergency caesarean deliveries in Ethiopia: systematic review with meta-analysis, 2024.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Pooled it
- Decision to delivery interval for emergency cesarean section and associated factors in africa: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC women's health · 2025Pooled it
- Association between decision-to-delivery time and neonatal outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Pooled it
- Risk factors associated with birth asphyxia at Pumwani Maternity Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya: a case-control study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Decision to delivery interval and predictors for delayed decision to delivery interval among women delivering by emergency caesarean section at a tertiary hospital, Southwestern Uganda: a prospective cohort study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Effect of Decision-to-Delivery Time of Emergency Cesarean Section on Adverse Newborn Outcomes at East Gojjam Zone Public Hospital, Ethiopia, March 2023: Multicenter Prospective Observational Study Design.International journal of women's health · 2024Article
- Decision to Delivery Interval, Perinatal Outcome and Factors Following Emergency Cesarean Section in Southern Ethiopia.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2023Article
- Umbilical Cord Prolapse-Interesting CTG Traces.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Risk factors of extrauterine growth restriction in very preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia: a multi-center study in China.BMC pediatrics · 2022Article
- Determinants of the decision to incision interval in case of emergency caesarean section in Yaoundé' hospitals.African health sciences · 2022Article
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- Decision to delivery interval and associated factors for emergency cesarean section: a cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Article
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- Decision to Delivery Interval, Fetal Outcomes and Its Factors Among Emergency Caesarean Section Deliveries at South Gondar Zone Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia: Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study, 2020.International journal of women's health · 2021Article
- Evaluation of decision to delivery time interval and its effect on feto-maternal outcomes and associated factors in category-1 emergency caesarean section deliveries: prospective cohort study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2020Observational
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Abstract
objectivesIn cases of fetal intolerance to labour, meeting the standard decision-to-delivery time interval (DDI) of ≤30 minutes is challenging. This study aimed to assess DDIs in emergency Caesarean section (CS) cases to identify factors causing DDI delays and the impact of a delayed DDI on perinatal outcomes.
methodsThis repeated cross-sectional study included all emergency CS procedures performed due to acute fetal distress, antepartum haemorrhage or umbilical cord prolapse at the Nizwa Hospital, Nizwa, Oman. Three audit cycles of three months each were conducted between April 2011 and June 2013, including an initial retrospective cycle and two prospective cycles following the implementation of improvement strategies to address factors causing DDI delays. Poor perinatal outcomes were defined as Apgar scores of <7 at five minutes, admission to the Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) or a stillbirth.
resultsIn the initial cycle, a DDI of ≤30 minutes was achieved in 23.8% of 84 cases in comparison to 44.6% of 83 cases in the second cycle. In the third cycle, 60.8% of 79 women had a DDI of ≤30 minutes (
conclusionThe identification of factors causing DDI delays may provide opportunities to improve perinatal outcomes.
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