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. 2014 Jan 16;11:4. doi: 10.1186/1742-4755-11-4

Table 4.

Other maternal complications and estimated risks of perinatal results of current pregnancy associated with severe maternal outcomes (SMO = NM + MD) among women with severe hypertensive disorders during pregnancy or childbirth

Variables
%
SMO
PLTC
p
 
  Total n % n %    
Maternal complication*
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Placental abruption
3.6
37
9.5
207
3.3
<0.0001
 
  Postpartum hemorrhage
4.0
74
18.9
196
3.1
<0.0001
 
  Other severe hemorrhage
0.5
17
4.3
19
0.3
<0.0001
 
  Pulmonary edema
1.7
65
16.6
48
0.8
<0.0001
 
  Thromboembolism
0.2
2
0.5
9
0.1
0.2688
 
  Sepsis
1.0
49
12.5
15
0.2
<0.0001
 
Procedures used for management*
79.4
384
98.2
4938
78.2
<0.0001
 
  Blood transfusion
7.9
207
52.9
326
5.2
<0.0001
 
  ICU admission
21.9
290
74.2
1178
18.7
<0.0001
 
  Hospital stay >7days
30.7
253
64.7
1805
28.6
<0.0001
 
  Invasive mechanical ventilation
1.8
116
29.7
2
0.0
<0.0001
 
  Magnesium sulphate use
68.4
279
71.4
4309
68.2
0.2178
 
Perinatal results
 
 
 
 
 
PR
95% CI
  Apgar at 5 min <7 (a)
3.3
34
12.9
164
2.9
4.28
3.26 – 7.38
  Apgar at 5 min ≥7
96.7
230
87.1
5505
97.1
(ref)
 
  Birth weight <2500 g (b)
42.3
212
68.6
2388
40.9
2.98
2.10 – 4.22
  Birth weight ≥2500 g
57.7
97
31.4
3447
59.1
(ref)
 
  Stillbirth (c)
4.2
60
17.7
203
3.4
4.90
3.26 – 7.38
  Live birth
95.8
279
82.3
5715
96.6
(ref)
 
  Neonatal death (d)
2.4
11
4.2
124
2.3
2.50
1.35 – 4.60
  NICU admission (d)
22.3
107
41.3
1172
21.4
2.56
1.53 – 4.28
  Hospital discharge (d)
75.3
141
54.4
4179
76.3
(ref)
 
Total   391 100 6315 100    

*excluded all near miss criteria according to WHO; risks are not estimated because they are not predictors nor outcomes.

p-values reported derive from Chi-square tests.

PR: prevalence ratio adjusted by cluster effect.

Missing data: (a) = 773 cases; (b) = 562 cases; (c) = 449 cases; (d) = 972 cases.

Values in bold mean they are statistically significant.