Adverse pregnancy, fetal and neonatal outcomes in women with sickle cell disease in a Middle Eastern country.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sickle cell disease in pregnancy is associated with high maternal and fetal mortality. However, studies reporting pregnancy, fetal, and neonatal outcomes in women with sickle cell disease are extremely limited.

Objectives

The objectives of the study are to determine whether women with sickle cell disease have a greater risk of adverse pregnancy, fetal, and neonatal outcomes than women without sickle cell disease and identify the predictors of adverse pregnancy, fetal, and neonatal outcomes in women with sickle cell disease.

Design

A retrospective pair-matched case-control study was conducted to compare 171 pregnant women with sickle cell disease to 171 pregnant women without sickle cell disease in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.

Methods

All pregnant Omani

SUBMITTER: Saif Said Al Harthi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10838028 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature