The effect of sickle cell anemia on obstetric performance in a Nigerian community.
Twenty-six pregnancies in 20 parturients were studied. There was a high frequency of antenatal complications, especially bone pain crisis (61%), haemolytic crisis (31%), urinary tract infection (42%), pneumonia (23%) and malaria (23%). Ninety-six percent of the patients were anaemic at first clinic attendance. There was a high operative delivery rate (29%), mainly by forceps or vacuum extraction. The perinatal mortality rate was 250 per 1000. There was one maternal death.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000628:therapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies