Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center Inc

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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	434	100.0%	n/a*
Low/outlet forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.4%**
Mid forceps delivery	0	0.0%	0.0%
Internal fetal monitoring	310	71.4%	8.9%
External fetal monitoring	430	99.1%	89.7%
Induction by artificial rupture of membranes	109	25.1%	12.0%**
Induction by medicine	1	0.2%	19.5%**
Augmented labor	1	0.2%	24.3%
Analgesia	426	98.4%	34.5%
Attended by midwife	0	0.0%	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^‡	316	72.8%	63.3%
Vaginal birth after prior cesarean^†	11	16.2%	7.3%
Breech births delivered vaginally^‡	0	0.0%	0.2%
Episiotomy	183	60.6%	20.2%
General anesthesia	0	0.0%	0.4%
Spinal anesthesia	0	0.0%	3.7%
Epidural anesthesia	14	4.4%	54.0%
Local/other anesthesia	192	60.8%	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^‡	118	27.2%	36.4%
Primary cesarean^‡	61	14.1%	21.2%
Repeat cesarean^‡	57	13.1%	15.3%
General anesthesia	7	5.9%	4.7%
Spinal anesthesia	96	81.4%	73.2%
Epidural/local anesthesia	15	12.7%	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