Table 3.

Comparison of study variables based on elective and emergency PPH

	PPH		P-value
	Elective (N=16)	Emergency(N=17)
Age (y)	32.1 (SD=5.2)	31.5 (SD=5.1)	0.493*
Gestational age (week)	36.8 (SD=2.1)	34.4 (SD=3.4)	0.029*
Gravidity	2.5 (SD=0.6)	2.8 (SD=0.6)	0.109*
Pariety	2.3 (SD=0.7)	2.5 (SD=0.7)	0.321*
Duration of PPH (hour)	2.5 (SD=0.8)	2.4 (SD=1.4)	0.448*
Length of stay (day)
Hospital	5.7 (SD=2.0)	6.5 (SD=2.3)	0.263*
ICU	2.6 (SD=0.8)	3.7 (SD=1.9)	0.132*
Placental abnormalities
Previa	2 (15.4)	0 (0)	0.745**
Previa accreta	7 (53.8)	5 (55.6)
Previa increta	1 (7.7)	1 (11.1)
Previa percreta	1 (7.7)	0 (0)
Placenta accreta	2 (15.4)	2 (33.3)
Procedure of PPH
Total	15 (45.5)	13 (39.4)	0.335**
Supracervical	1 (3.0)	4 (12.1)
Blood products
Fresh frozen plasma	6.1 (SD=4.4)	6.0 (SD=3.7)	0.875*
Platelets	7.3 (SD=3.5)	8.5 (SD=6.2)	0.510*
Platelets concentration	4.7 (SD=3.5)	5.3 (SD=3.5)	0.587*
Post-operative complications
No	10 (62.5)	6 (35.3)
Bladder damage	2 (12.5)	3 (17.6)	1**
Intestinal damage	0 (0)	0 (0)
Ureteral injury	0 (0)	0 (0)
Death of the mother	0 (0)	0 (0)
Disseminated intravascular coagulation	0 (0)	0 (0)
Fever	3 (18.7)	5 (29.4)	0.398**
Need for re-laparotomy	1 (6.3)	3 (17.7)	0.601**

PPH: Peripartum Hysterectomy; SD: Standard Deviation; ICU: Intensive Care Unit

^*p-value was obtained with Mann-Whitney test

^**p-value was obtain.ned with Fisher's Exact test