Association between psychopharmacotherapy and postpartum hemorrhage.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prior studies evaluating the relationship between psychopharmacotherapy (PPT), and postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) have yielded inconsistent findings. Clarifying this potential relationship is important for effective counseling and risk stratification.

Objectives

Our primary objective was to evaluate the association between prenatal exposure to PPT (any drug class) and the occurrence of PPH requiring transfusion of packed red blood cells (PPH+pRBC) after systematically adjusting for known hemorrhage risk factors at the time of admission for delivery. Secondary objectives were to evaluate the association between individual PPT drug classes and PPH+pRBC, and the association between treatment intensity of mental health condition and PPH+pRBC. Finally, we evaluated the as

SUBMITTER: Jackson FI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11541838 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature