A national update on rates of postpartum haemorrhage and related interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is still a leading cause of maternal morbidity in the US. We aimed to reassess national trends in severe and non-severe PPH using recent data.

Material and methods

We performed a cross-sectional study using the 2001-2012 Nationwide Inpatient Sample of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project. Delivery-related hospitalisations with PPH were identified using the International Classification of Diseases (9th revision). Rates were calculated per 1,000 delivery hospitalisations. All statistical analyses accounted for the complex sampling design of the data source.

Results

Rates of non-severe PPH did not change significantly from 2001-2002 to 2011-2012 (25.5 and 24.2 per 1,000; p=0.058). The rates of PPH requiring blood transfusion

SUBMITTER: Ahmadzia HK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7375891 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature