Induction of labor and postpartum blood loss.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To analyze blood loss after delivery in women with induction of labor compared to women with spontaneous onset of labor.

Methods

In this secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study investigating postpartum hemorrhage, 965 deliveries were analyzed including 380 women with induction of labor (39%) between 2015 and 2016. Primary outcome parameters were rate of postpartum hemorrhage, estimated blood loss and post-partum decrease in hemoglobin.

Results

Rates of postpartum hemorrhage and estimated blood loss were not significantly different in women with induction of labor. Women with induction of labor had a significantly reduced decrease in hemoglobin after delivery. In the multivariate linear regression analysis, induction of labor remained associated wit

SUBMITTER: Brun R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6659310 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature