Risks of Placental Abruption and Preterm Delivery in Patients Undergoing Assisted Reproduction.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Patients using assisted reproductive technology (ART) may need additional counseling about the increased risks of placental abruption and preterm delivery. Further investigation into the potential additive risk of ART and placental abruption is needed.

Objective

To ascertain the risk of placental abruption in patients who conceived with ART and to evaluate if placental abruption and ART conception are associated with an increased risk of preterm delivery (<37 weeks' gestation) over and above the risks conferred by each factor alone.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study used data from the National Inpatient Sample, which includes data from all-payer hospital inpatient discharges from 48 states across the US. Participants included wome

SUBMITTER: Zhang JT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11238021 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature