Table 4.
Maternal and fetal outcomes of PH patients with pregnancy
| Variable | Total (N = 52) |
Group 1 (N = 11) |
Group 2 (N = 26) |
Group 3 (N = 15) |
P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maternal outcomes | |||||
| Maternal death | 3(5.8) | 0(0) | 3(11.5) | 0(0) | 0.000 |
| During pregnancy | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | |
| Postpartum(< 6weeks) | 1(1.9) | 0(0) | 1(3.8) | 0(0) | 0.000 |
| Postpartum(> 6weeks) | 2(4.9)* | 0(0) | 2(9.1)** | 0(0) | 0.000 |
| Therapeutic abortion | 8 (15.4) | 2(18.2) | 3(11.5) | 3(20.0) | 0.000 |
| Premature delivery | 22(42.3) | 6(54.5) | 11(42.3) | 5(33.3) | 0.317 |
| ICU Care | 18(34.6) | 3(27.3) | 11(42.3) | 4(26.7) | 0.048 |
| Readmission postpartum 42 days | 4(7.7) | 0(0) | 4(15.4) | 0(0) | 0.000 |
| Fetal outcomes | |||||
| Low birth Weight | 22(42.3) | 5(45.5) | 12(46.2) | 5(33.3) | 0.399 |
| Live birth | 42(80.8) | 8(72.7) | 22(84.6) | 12(80.0) | 0.000 |
| Infection | 15(28.8) | 4(36.4) | 6(23.1) | 5(33.3) | 0.020 |
| CHD | 13(25.0) | 5(45.5) | 5(19.2) | 3(20.0) | 0.211 |
| RDS | 5(9.6) | 1(9.1) | 3(11.5) | 1(6.7) | 0.000 |
*: Follow up available in 41 cases; **: Follow up available in 22 cases; PH: pulmonary hypertension; ICU: intensive care unit. CHD: congenital heart disease; RDS: respiratory distress syndrome