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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 4.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertens Pregnancy. 2015 Dec 4;34(4):506–515. doi: 10.3109/10641955.2015.1090581

Table 2.

Complications

Weighted N (%) P-Value
White Black Hispanic
Patient Complications
 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 200 (0.03) 166 (0.07) 145 (0.05) 0.08
 Pulmonary Edema 162 (0.03) 166 (0.07) 44 (0.02) 0.0005
 Pulmonary Embolism 331 (0.06) 235 (0.10) 174 (0.06) 0.10
 Congestive Heart Failure 1752 (0.30) 1275 (0.53) 728 (0.27) <0.0001
 Peripartum Cardiomyopathy 1020 (0.18) 701 (0.29) 389 (0.14) 0.0003
 Mechanical Ventilation 2070 (0.36) 1972 (0.82) 1380 (0.50) <0.0001
 Coagulopathy 13675 (2.37) 5325 (2.22) 5614 (2.05) 0.01
 Stroke 573 (0.10) 397 (0.17) 343 (0.13) 0.03
 Cardiac Arrest 85 (0.01) 85 (0.04) 78 (0.03) 0.0001
 Died 123 (0.02) 189 (0.08) 105 (0.04) 0.001

Obstetrical Complications
 Intrauterine Fetal Death 3137 (0.54) 3591 (1.50) 1811 (0.66) <0.0001
 Placental Abruption 12814 (2.22) 7983 (3.33) 6605 (2.42) <0.0001
 Postpartum Hemorrhage 32662 (5.66) 13765 (5.74) 20696 (7.57) <0.0001