Clinical complications in pregnant women with sickle cell disease: prospective study of factors predicting maternal death or near miss

Clinical complications in pregnant women with sickle cell disease: prospective study of factors predicting maternal death or near miss

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate complications in pregnant women with sickle cell disease, especially those leading to maternal death or near miss (severe obstetric complications). METHODS: A prospective cohort of 104 pregnant women registered in the Blood Center of Belo Horizonte (Hemominas Foundation)...

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Main Authors: Patrícia Santos Resende Cardoso, Regina Amélia Lopes Pessoa de Aguiar, Marcos Borato Viana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-07-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia
Subjects:
Anemia, Sickle cell
Hemoglobin SC disease
Pregnancy
Maternal death
Pregnancy complications
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