Associations of anaemia and race with peripartum transfusion in three United States datasets.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Transfusion complicates a significant proportion of births in the United States, and Black women have greater prevalence of transfusion at delivery than White women. Antepartum anaemia, a risk factor for peripartum transfusion, is more common among Black women than White women. We aimed to describe the racial distribution of antepartum anaemia in three national datasets and to evaluate the peripartum transfusion rate and characteristics of transfusion recipients, to investigate disparities in haemostatic outcomes.

Material and methods

We performed a retrospective analysis of Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network Cesarean Registry (CR), NICHD Consortium on Safe Labor Registry (C

SUBMITTER: Davis E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9480970 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature