Beth Israel Medical Center/Petrie Campus

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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	3,784	100.0%	n/a*
Low forceps delivery	2	0.1%	0.5%**
Outlet forceps delivery	2	0.1%	0.0%**
Mid forceps delivery	1	0.0%	0.0%
Internal fetal monitoring	648	17.1%	15.0%
External fetal monitoring	3,366	89.0%	85.0%
Induction	369	9.8%	14.9%**
Augmented labor	1,244	32.9%	24.2%
Analgesia	40	1.1%	11.5%
Attended by midwife	342	9.0%	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^‡	2,655	70.2%	64.0%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	64	15.1%	7.1%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	7	0.2%	0.4%
Episiotomy	632	23.8%	16.1%
General anesthesia	24	0.9%	0.5%
Spinal anesthesia	39	1.5%	3.3%
Epidural anesthesia	1,959	73.8%	52.5%
Local/other anesthesia	323	12.2%	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^‡	1,129	29.8%	32.1%
Primary cesarean^‡	770	20.3%	20.4%
Repeat cesarean^‡	359	9.5%	14.6%
General anesthesia	36	3.2%	3.0%
Spinal anesthesia	541	47.9%	55.9%
Epidural/local anesthesia	548	48.5%	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