SMJ articles in the category "maternal mortality"

Original Article

Maternal and Infant Outcomes in a Subset of Patients with Sickle Cell Disease in South Carolina

Objectives: Sickle cell disease (SCD), which disproportionately affects minorities, increases complications during pregnancy. Severe maternal mortality is increased in women with SCD, including morbidity related to the disease and other nondisease-related complications. It also can have devastating complications for fetuses, with increases in premature birth and low birth weight. This…

Posted in: maternal mortality 2 sickle cell disease 28

Review Article

Evidence for Prophylactic Transfusion during Pregnancy for Women with Sickle Cell Disease

The objective of this study was to examine prior studies on maternal and neonatal outcomes with prophylactic compared with emergent blood transfusion in pregnant women with sickle cell disease. A review of the literature was performed. Twenty-one articles were identified and included in the analysis. A generalized linear mixed-effects model…

Posted in: maternal mortality 2 pregnancy 48 sickle cell 4
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