Table 2. Maternal and fetal outcomes in... | American Society of Hematology

Table 2.

Maternal and fetal outcomes in SCD pregnancies actively managed

	SS	SC
Patients	n = 42	n = 66
Spontaneous abortion	1	1
Fetal deaths	9	4
Maternal deaths	0	2
Birth weight, g, mean ± SD (only live birth)	2500 ± 540	2700 ± 430
Cesarean section	18	20
Patients not transfused during the study period	19^*	44
Patients experiencing SCD-related painful crises	24	35
(episodes of crises)	(41)	(46)
Patients with urinary tract infections	7	17^†
Patients with pulmonary complications	2	0
Plasmodium falciparum malaria:
Patients with fever (total episodes)	10 (14)	11 (12)
Patients without fever (total episodes)	6 (11)	4 (7)
Patients with preeclampsia	0	2

	SS	SC
Patients	n = 42	n = 66
Spontaneous abortion	1	1
Fetal deaths	9	4
Maternal deaths	0	2
Birth weight, g, mean ± SD (only live birth)	2500 ± 540	2700 ± 430
Cesarean section	18	20
Patients not transfused during the study period	19^*	44
Patients experiencing SCD-related painful crises	24	35
(episodes of crises)	(41)	(46)
Patients with urinary tract infections	7	17^†
Patients with pulmonary complications	2	0
Plasmodium falciparum malaria:
Patients with fever (total episodes)	10 (14)	11 (12)
Patients without fever (total episodes)	6 (11)	4 (7)
Patients with preeclampsia	0	2

Four patients had had transfusion before being included in the study.

Two episodes of urinary tract infections were recorded in one patient; all the other patients had only one episode of infection.