Placenta previa: an outcome-based cohort study in a contemporary obstetric population. Arch Gynecol Obstet 2015 Aug;292(2):299-305
Date
02/02/2015Pubmed ID
25638449DOI
10.1007/s00404-015-3628-yScopus ID
2-s2.0-84930540162 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 45 CitationsAbstract
OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study is to characterize the maternal and neonatal morbidities of women with placenta previa.
STUDY DESIGN: This retrospective group study used the Consortium on Safe Labor electronic database, including 12 clinical centers, and 19 hospitals. Patients with placenta previa noted at the time of delivery were included. Maternal and neonatal variables were compared to a control group of women undergoing cesarean delivery with no previa. Logistic regression and general linear regression were used for the analysis, with p < 0.05 significance.
RESULTS: There were 19,069 patients in the study: 452 in the placenta previa group and 18,617 in the control group. Neonates born to mothers with placenta previa had lower gestational ages and birth weights. In univariate analysis only, these neonates were at increased risk of lower 5 min Apgar scores, neonatal intensive care unit admission, anemia, respiratory distress syndrome, mechanical ventilation, and intraventricular hemorrhage. There was no association of placenta previa with small for gestational age infants, congenital anomalies or death. As previously shown, women with placenta previa have significantly more maternal morbidities.
CONCLUSION: Increased maternal morbidity was noted; however, only those neonatal morbidities associated with preterm delivery occurred in the placenta previa group.
Author List
Lal AK, Hibbard JUMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdultBirth Weight
Cesarean Section
Delivery, Obstetric
Female
Gestational Age
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Infant Mortality
Infant, Newborn
Logistic Models
Maternal Age
Placenta Previa
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Outcome
Premature Birth
Registries
Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
