Ellis Hospital - McClellan Division

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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 2008. For more information please see the Maternity Information Brochure.

All births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Total births	350	100.0%	n/a*
Low/outlet forceps delivery	1	0.3%	0.4%**
Mid forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.0%
Internal fetal monitoring	11	3.1%	8.9%
External fetal monitoring	349	99.7%	89.7%
Induction by artificial rupture of membranes	91	26.0%	12.0%**
Induction by medicine	71	20.3%	19.5%**
Augmented labor	83	23.7%	24.3%
Analgesia	154	44.0%	34.5%
Attended by midwife	57	16.3%	10.8%

% based on totals excluding cases with missing information.
^*Data not currently available
^**Average for NY State excluding NYC

Vaginal births

Intervention	This Facility		Statewide
Intervention	#	%	%
Vaginal births^‡	294	84.0%	63.3%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	6	18.8%	7.3%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	3	0.9%	0.2%
Episiotomy	15	5.1%	20.2%
General anesthesia	1	0.3%	0.4%
Spinal anesthesia	2	0.7%	3.7%
Epidural anesthesia	101	34.5%	54.0%
Local/other anesthesia	12	4.1%	15.6%
Paracervical anesthesia	0	0.0%	0.1%
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^‡	56	16.0%	36.4%
Primary cesarean^‡	30	8.6%	21.2%
Repeat cesarean^‡	26	7.4%	15.3%
General anesthesia	3	5.7%	4.7%
Spinal anesthesia	43	81.1%	73.2%
Epidural/local anesthesia	10	18.9%	21.0%

% 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