Brookdale Hospital Medical Center

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Maternity Information

New York State's Maternity Information Law requires each hospital to provide the following information about its childbirth practices and procedures. This information can help you to better understand what you can expect, learn more about your childbirth choices, and plan for your baby's birth. Data shown are for 2007. For more information please see the Maternity Information Brochure.

All births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Total births	1,775	100.0%	n/a*
Low forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.5%**
Outlet forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.0%**
Mid forceps delivery	2	0.1%	0.0%
Internal fetal monitoring	563	31.7%	15.0%
External fetal monitoring	1,216	68.5%	85.0%
Induction	321	18.1%	14.9%**
Augmented labor	459	25.9%	24.2%
Analgesia	824	46.4%	11.5%
Attended by midwife	191	10.8%	8.0%

% based on totals excluding cases with missing information.
^*Data not currently available
^**Average for New York City

Vaginal births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Vaginal births^‡	1,069	60.2%	64.0%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	32	13.0%	7.1%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	11	0.6%	0.4%
Episiotomy	108	10.1%	16.1%
General anesthesia	0	0.0%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	8	0.7%	3.3%
Epidural anesthesia	388	36.3%	52.5%
Local/other anesthesia	133	12.4%	13.3%
Paracervical anesthesia	0	0.0%	0.0%
Pudendal anesthesia	0	0.0%	0.1%

% based on total vaginal births excluding cases with missing information.
^‡% is percentage of total births
^†% is percentage of prior cesareans

Cesarean births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Cesarean births^‡	706	39.8%	32.1%
Primary cesarean^‡	491	27.7%	20.4%
Repeat cesarean^‡	215	12.1%	14.6%
General anesthesia	0	0.0%	3.0%
Spinal anesthesia	283	40.1%	55.9%
Epidural/local anesthesia	297	42.1%	21.5%

% based on total cesarean births excluding cases with missing information.
^‡% is percentage of total births

Related Information

Maternity Information Brochure

New York State

Department of Health