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07 June 2024 : Clinical Research  

Risk Factors for Postpartum Hemorrhage in Severe Pre-Eclampsia: A Retrospective Single-Centre Study of 1953 Cases

Yingzi Pan1ABCDE, Yuchuan Wang1ABCDE, Jiayan Miao1ABCDEF, Xiaohong Ji1BCEF, Chengqian Wu1ABC, Yixiao Wang1ABCDEF*, Hongjuan Ding1ABCDEFG

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.943772

Med Sci Monit 2024; 30:e943772

Table 1 Basic characteristics between severe pre-eclampsia with postpartum hemorrhage and without postpartum hemorrhage.

PPH (n=197)Non-PPH (n=1756)P
Age (yrs), median (IQR)31.00 (6.50)30.00 (5.00)0.018*
BMI (kg/m), median (IQR)28.82 (5.35)28.67 (5.11)0.781
Postpartum blood loss (ml), median (IQR)1085.00 (324.00)510.00 (160.00)<0.001***
Gestational week at delivery (weeks), median (IQR)36.71 (4.36)36.57 (4.39)0.090
Diagnostic gestational weeks for sPE (weeks), median (IQR)36.43 (4.86)36.43 (4.86)0.081
Interval between sPE diagnosis and delivery (weeks), median (IQR)0.00 (0.29)0.14 (0.29)0.141
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg), median (IQR)160.00 (18.00)160.00 (17.00)0.030*
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg), median (IQR)100.00 (13.00)101.00 (14.00)0.012*
Primipara, n (%)159 (80.71)1301 (74.09)0.042*
Previous miscarriages, n (%)88 (44.67)721 (41.06)0.329
Modes of pregnancy, n (%)
 Natural125 (63.45)1516 (86.33)<0.001***
 Assisted reproduction72 (36.55)240 (13.67)
Twin pregnancy, n (%)73 (37.06)195 (11.10)<0.001***
 MCDA0 (0.00)3 (0.17)1.000
 DCDA73 (37.06)192 (10.93)<0.001***
Previous history of HDCP, n (%)3 (1.52)93 (5.30)0.020*
Family history of hypertension, n (%)9 (4.57)51 (2.90)0.199
PPH – postpartum hemorrhage; BMI – body mass index; MCDA – monochorionic and double amniotic sacs; DCDA – double chorionic villus and double amniotic sacs; HDCP – hypertensive disorder complicating pregnancy.

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