Medical and Obstetric Complications Among Pregnant Women With Liver Cirrhosis. Obstet Gynecol 2017 Jun;129(6):1118-1123
Date
05/10/2017Pubmed ID
28486373DOI
10.1097/AOG.0000000000002055Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85019618577 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 16 CitationsAbstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate clinical characteristics and obstetric outcomes in pregnant women with liver cirrhosis.
METHODS: This was a retrospective matched cohort study of women with liver cirrhosis between January 2005 and January 2016 in a university hospital. Women in a case group were matched to women in a control group according to year of delivery, age, body mass index, and parity in a 1:4 ratio. Bivariable and multivariable analyses were performed to compare the prevalence of the primary composite outcome, which included any one of the following: fetal or neonatal demise, placental abruption, preeclampsia, preterm delivery at less than 37 weeks of gestation, and small-for-gestational age neonate between women in the case group and those in the control group.
RESULTS: During the study period, the number of deliveries was approximately 110,000. Of these, 33 women with liver cirrhosis were identified, yielding an estimated frequency of cirrhosis of 1 per 3,333 pregnancies [95% confidence interval (CI) 3,313-3,353]. Thirty-one of these 33 women met all inclusion criteria. The most common etiology of cirrhosis was alcoholic liver disease. The rate of the primary outcome was 61% in women with cirrhosis and 12% in women in the control group. There were no cases of maternal death, and the livebirth rate was 97%. Women with cirrhosis were more likely to be non-Hispanic black, have chronic hypertension, and use alcohol. Multivariable logistic regression demonstrated that cirrhosis in pregnancy was associated with the composite outcome (adjusted odds ratio 9.4, 95% CI 3.4-26.2).
CONCLUSION: Despite lower rates of maternal and fetal mortality compared with earlier studies, pregnancy in women with liver cirrhosis is still associated with a high risk of adverse obstetric outcomes.
Author List
Palatnik A, Rinella MEAuthor
Anna Palatnik MD Associate Professor in the Obstetrics and Gynecology department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdultCase-Control Studies
Chicago
Delivery, Obstetric
Female
Hospitals, University
Humans
Liver Cirrhosis
Obstetric Labor Complications
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular
Pregnancy Outcome
Prevalence
Retrospective Studies