Outcomes and prognosis of postpartum hemorrhage according to management protocol: an 11-year retrospective study from two referral centers

Table 3 Outcomes of postpartum hemorrhage (n = 230)

Variables	Group 1 (n = 159)	Group 2 (n = 71)	P-value
Cause of PPH
Tone	91 (57.2)	25 (35.2)	0.002
Trauma	39 (24.5)	28 (39.4)	0.030
Tissue	31 (19.5)	21 (29.6)	0.112
Tone + other causes	32 (20.1)	20 (28.2)	0.201
Total EBL (mL)			< 0.001
>500 ─ <1000	85 (53.5)	12 (26.7)
≥1000 ─ <2000	64 (40.3)	10 (22.2)
≥2000	10 (6.3)	23 (51.1)
Blood transfusion
RBC (pack)	4.2 ± 3.0	13.4 ± 18.2	< 0.001
FFP (pack)	2.6 ± 2.9	11.7 ± 23.4	< 0.001
Platelets (pack)	1.0 ± 3.3	17.3 ± 31.2	< 0.001
Mean hospital days	4.1 ± 1.7	8.7 ± 10.3	< 0.001
ICU admission rate	6 (3.8)	17 (37.8)	< 0.001
Mortality	0	2 (4.4)	0.016
Complications
DIC	14 (8.8)	19 (42.2)	< 0.001
Fever	19 (11.9)	10 (22.2)	0.024
Hypertension	2 (1.3)	1 (2.2)	0.009
Wound infection	0	2 (4.4)	0.033
ARF	0	3 (6.7)	< 0.001
Pulmonary complications	4 (2.5)	11 (24.4)	< 0.001
Cardiac complications	2 (1.3)	2 (4.4)	0.001
Cerebral complications	2 (1.3)	3 (6.7)	0.002
DVT	1 (0.6)	2 (4.4)	0.113
Sheehan syndrome	0	3 (6.7)	0.002

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