Predicting Postpartum Hemorrhage After Vaginal Birth by Labor Phenotype.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is an important contributor to maternal morbidity and mortality. Predicting which laboring women are likely to have a PPH is an active area of research and a component of quality improvement bundles. The purpose of this study was to identify phenotypes of labor processes (ie, labors that have similar features, such as duration and type of interventions) in a cohort of women who had vaginal births, estimate the likelihood of PPH by phenotype, and analyze how maternal and fetal characteristics relate to PPH risk by phenotype.

Methods

This study utilized the Consortium for Safe Labor dataset (2002-2008) and examined term, singleton, vaginal births. Using 16 variables describing the labor and birth processes, a latent class analysis was p

SUBMITTER: Erickson EN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7554079 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature