title: Outcome of pregnancies complicated by sickle cell and sickle-C hemoglobinopathies.
abstract: Retrospective analysis was made of office and hospital records of patients with sickle cell hemoglobinopathies. Blood products were transfused only when indicated for symptomatic anemia, severe anemia with a hematocrit less than 18%, sickle crisis, cardiovascular instability, and preoperatively. The Fisher exact test and the Student t test were used for statistical analysis; P < 0.05 was considered significant. All mean values are reported +/- 1 standard deviation. From 1981 to 1991, 40 patients with sickle cell hemoglobinopathies had a total of 61 singleton pregnancies: 36 were complicated by SS disease (SSD), 22 by sickle cell disease (SCD), two by sickle-thalassemia, and one had CC disease (CCD). Only patients with SSD and SCD are reported here. The mean maternal age was 24.3 +/- 5.3 and 19.5 +/- 0.6 years in patients with SSD and SCD, respectively. There was a high occurrence of preterm labor (45% and 20%), preeclampsia (20% and 8.7%), pain crisis (50% and 34.2%), pulmonary complications (25% and 16.7%), and cesarean sections (52.6% and 37.1%) in SSD and SCD, respectively. An average of two units of blood was required by 43.1% of the patients. Two patients with SSD had unpreventable deaths. The mean gestational age at delivery was 35.5 +/- 4.3 and 37.0 +/- 3.7 weeks (P < 0.05), and the mean birthweight was 2443 +/- 926 and 2997 +/- 807 g (P < 0.05), respectively. There were two intrauterine fetal deaths and one neonatal death in the SSD group and one neonatal death in the SCD group. The perinatal mortality was 10.5% and 2.9%, respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Seoud
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cantwell
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nobles
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Levy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D001724:Birth Weight; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006450:Hemoglobin SC Disease / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008423:Maternal Age; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012189:Retrospective Studies