NOAD Data fields for 2008 collection

Data for 2007 & 2008 collections: 

Changes made for 2007 collection:

- new fields added on complications (dural puncture and epidural blood patching)

- fields on parity omitted

 No changes have been made for the 2008 collection

• The number of deliveries (women not babies) in your obstetric unit per annum (including midwifery led deliveries)
• The number of women having spontaneous (unassisted) vaginal deliveries 
• The number of women having assisted vaginal deliveries (forceps and ventouse) 
• The number of women having Caesarean sections 
• The number of women having category 4 (elective) Caesarean sections 
• The number of women having regional analgesia (regional block for pain relief initially and NOT for Caesarean section initially) 
• The number of women whose analgesia was initiated with epidural analgesia 
• The number of women whose analgesia was initiated with CSE 
• The number of women whose analgesia was initiated with another method, e.g. spinal catheter, PCA 
• The number of women whose analgesia was maintained with intermittent top ups 
• The number of women whose analgesia was maintained with a continuous infusion 
• The number of women whose analgesia was maintained with PCEA (with background infusion) 
• The number of women whose analgesia was maintained with PCEA (without background infusion) 
• The number of women having Caesarean sections under general anaesthesia 
• The number of women having Caesarean sections under de novo general anaesthesia (without previous regional anaesthesia) 
• The number of women having Caesarean sections under single shot spinals 
• The number of women having Caesarean sections under de novo epidurals 
• The number of women having Caesarean sections under topped-up epidurals 
• The number of women having Caesarean sections under de novo combined spinal epidurals (counting also the CSE in which the epidural catheter was not used) 
• The number of women having Caesarean sections under topped-up CSE's (ie topped-up epidural catheters which were put in as part of a CSE for labour analgesia) 
• The number of women with a recognised (at the time or retrospectively) accidental dural puncture with epidural needle or catheter
• The number of women requiring a blood patch for PDPH caused by epidural or spinal needle or epidural catheter
  
  

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