NOAD (National Obstetric Anaesthetic Database)

2006
DATA / Please enter as much data as available for the calendar year 2007
NB: Every field should be completed: if the answer is'none' please enter 0, if ‘unknown’ enter DK (Don't Know)
(NB: this form has changed since the 2006 collection)
Name of Unit: ….. / 2007
DATA / 2006
DATA
A / Name of Unit: (enter in box above) / NB: see note above / A
GENERAL
B / The number of deliveries (women not babies) in your obstetric unit per annum (including midwifery led deliveries) / B
C / The number of women having spontaneous (unassisted) vaginal deliveries / C
D / The number of women having assisted vaginal deliveries (forceps and ventouse) / D
E / The number of women having Caesarean sections / E
F / The number of women having category 4 (elective) Caesarean sections / F
REGIONAL ANALGESIA
G / The number of women having regional analgesia
(regional block for pain relief initially and NOT for Caesarean section initially) / G
INITIATION OF LABOUR ANALGESIA (not including TENS, pethidine, Entonox etc)
H / The number of women whose analgesia was initiated with epidural analgesia / H
I / The number of women whose analgesia was initiated with CSE / I
J / The number of women whose analgesia was initiated with another method, e.g. spinal catheter, PCA / J
MAINTENANCE OF LABOUR ANALGESIA
K / The number of women whose analgesia was maintained with intermittent top ups / K
L / The number of women whose analgesia was maintained with a continuous infusion / L
M / The number of women whose analgesia was maintained with PCEA (with background infusion) / M
N / The number of women whose analgesia was maintained with PCEA (without background infusion) / N
TYPE OF ANAESTHESIA FOR CAESAREAN SECTION
O / The number of women having Caesarean sections under general anaesthesia / O
P / The number of women having Caesarean sections under de novo general anaesthesia (without previous regional anaesthesia) / P
Q / The number of women having Caesarean sections under single shot spinals / Q
R / The number of women having Caesarean sections under de novo epidurals / R
S / The number of women having Caesarean sections under topped-up epidurals / S
T / 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) / T
U / 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) / U
COMPLICATIONS
V / The number of women with a recognised (at the time or retrospectively) accidental dural puncture with epidural needle or catheter / V
W / The number of women requiring a blood patch for PDPH caused by epidural or spinal needle or epidural catheter / W

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