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Table 1 Maternal characteristics and pregnancy outcomes

From: The indicators for early blood transfusion in patients with placental abruption with intrauterine fetal death: a retrospective review

 

Transfusion group (n = 22)

Non-transfusion group (n = 11)

p-value

Maternal age (years)

33.5(22–40)

34(24–41)

0.76

Body mass index (kg/m2)

20.6(17.8–34.8) (n = 16)

19.2(17.7–24.7) (n = 9)

0.19

Gestational age at delivery (weeks)

33(22–40)

34(24–41)

0.89

Cesarean delivery (%)

16(73%)

7(64%)

0.70

Trial of vaginal delivery (%)

8(36%)

4(36%)

1.0

Time from hospital visit to delivery (minutes)

107.5(36–355)

88(31–305)

0.8

Primipara (%)

9(41%)

8(73%)

0.14

Birthweight(g)

1813(384–3428)

1588(1034–2748)

0.41

HDP (%)

7(32%)

3(27%)

0.71

SGA (%)

5(23%)

3(27%)

1.0

PROM

0

0

 

Hysterectomy

1(5%)

0(0%)

1.0

Area of placental abruption(%)

100(40–100) (n = 21)

62.5(5–100) (n = 10)

0.016

Blood loss

 estimated blood loss on delivery (mL)

2084.5(212–4008)

1000(357–1472)

0.0003

 estimated blood loss during 24 hours from delivery (mL)

2273(212–4014)

1050(357–1536)

0.0002

Transfusion

 RBC (U)

8(0–20)

0

< 0.00001

 FFP (U)

8(0–34)

0

< 0.0001

 PC(U)

0(0–40)

0

0.027

  1. Results were expressed as medians (range) and frequency (percentage)
  2. HDP Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, PROM Premature rupture of membranes, SGA Neonatal birth weight below the 10th percentile of the reference curves of birth weight for the gestational week. RBC Red blood cells, FFP Freshly frozen plasma, PC Platelet concentrate