Wyckoff Heights 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	1,635	100.0%	n/a*
Low forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.5%**
Outlet forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.0%**
Mid forceps delivery	1	0.1%	0.0%
Internal fetal monitoring	273	16.7%	15.0%
External fetal monitoring	1,541	94.3%	85.0%
Induction	17	1.0%	14.9%**
Augmented labor	0	0.0%	24.2%
Analgesia	24	1.5%	11.5%
Attended by midwife	0	0.0%	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^‡	1,092	66.8%	64.0%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	33	11.5%	7.1%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	18	1.1%	0.4%
Episiotomy	208	19.0%	16.1%
General anesthesia	6	0.5%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	23	2.1%	3.3%
Epidural anesthesia	295	27.0%	52.5%
Local/other anesthesia	307	28.1%	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^‡	543	33.2%	32.1%
Primary cesarean^‡	289	17.7%	20.4%
Repeat cesarean^‡	254	15.5%	14.6%
General anesthesia	2	0.4%	3.0%
Spinal anesthesia	449	82.7%	55.9%
Epidural/local anesthesia	70	12.9%	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