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Table 3 Number of deliveries, unscheduled cesareans and epidurals (during the 72 hours of observation)

From: Obstetric anesthesia services in Israel snapshot (OASIS) study: a 72 hour cross-sectional observational study of workforce supply and demand

Center

Data from 72 hours of observation

N (%)

 

Regular Vaginal Deliveries

CS

Asked for Epidural

Delivered with Epidural

Epidural Response Rate

1

40 (87.0)

6 (13.0)

29 (63.1)

29 (63.1)

100.0

2

26 (83.9)

5 (16.1)

15 (48.4)

12 (38.7)

80.0

3

88 (86.3)

14 (13.7)

54 (53.5)

55 (54.5)

101.9

4

57 (83.8)

11 (16.2)

49 (72.1)

48 (70.6)

98.0

5

37 (84.1)

7 (15.9)

31 (70.5)

31 (70.5)

100.0

6

68 (95.8)

3 (4.2)

43 (60.6)

41 (57.7)

95.3

7

16 (94.1)

1 (5.9)

17 (100.0)

15 (88.2)

88.2

8

21 (87.5)

3 (12.5)

17 (70.8)

14 (58.3)

82.4

9

65 (97.0)

2 (3.0)

39 (58.2)

36 (53.7)

92.3

10

19 (90.5)

2 (9.5)

10 (47.6)

9 (42.9)

90.0

11

44 (93.6)

3 (6.4)

20 (42.6)

15 (31.9)

75.0

12

32 (86.5)

5 (13.5)

16 (43.2)

16 (43.2)

100.0

Total

513 (89.2)

62 (10.8)

340 (59.1)

321 (55.8)

94.4

  1. (Note: The epidural rate calculation’s denominator is the total number of deliveries (including unscheduled CS). As explained in methods, elective CS were not included in the 72 hours observation)