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Table 2 Delivery outcomes by anti-malarial drug exposure during first trimester

From: Exposure to artemether-lumefantrine (Coartem®) in first trimester pregnancy in an observational study in Zambia

 

Exposure group

Type of delivery

AL only, N=135, n (%)

AL and SP, N=7, n (%)

SP and/or quinine, N=129, n (%)

No anti-malarial, N=644, n (%)

Unknown anti-malarial, N=40, n (%)

Normal

129 (86.0)

6 (66.7)

125 (92.6)

623 (91.1)

39 (92.9)

Caesarian section

4 (2.7)

0 (0)

4 (3.0)

21 (3.1)

1 (2.4)

Other (instrumental deliveries)

2 (1.3)

1 (11.1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)