Abstract
Introduction: The majority of pregnancies and births go off without incident even though they all present risks. Retro-placental hematoma (RPH) is an extreme obstetric emergency. The aim of our study was to assess the maternal-fetal prognosis of this pathology in our patients. Patients and Methods: This is a retrospective descriptive and analytical study over 5 years ranging from the period from January 1st, 2015 to December 31st, 2019. The study’s population consisted of pregnant women, in the 3rd trimester, who were presented with the retro-placental hematoma during the pregnancy or childbirth and taken care of in the maternity ward of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Communautaire. Results: During our study period, we recorded 87 cases of retro-placental hematoma, and 40,763 deliveries. The frequency of retro-placental hematoma was 0.21% at delivery. The average maternal age was 26.4 years with extremes of 16 and 40 years. The parity’s average was 3.8 with extremes of 1 and 13. The mean gestational age at the time of the onset of the accident was 35.9 amenorrhea weeks (AW) with extremes of 28 and 40 AW. We performed 4 cases of hysterectomy (4.5%). We recorded 8 maternal deaths (9.2%) and 60 newborn deaths (69%). The causes of maternal death were dominated by afibrinogenemia 62.5%, followed by renal failure in 25%. Conclusion: Retro-placental hematoma is a serious pathology during the pregnancy.
Highlights
The majority of pregnancies and births go off without incident even though they all present risks
The aim of our study was to assess the maternal-fetal prognosis of this pathology in our patients
The study’s population consisted of pregnant women, in the 3rd trimester, who were presented with the retro-placental hematoma during the pregnancy or childbirth and taken care of in the maternity ward of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Communautaire
Summary
The majority of pregnancies and births go off without incident even though they all present risks. Retro-placental hematoma (RPH) is an extreme obstetric emergency. The study’s population consisted of pregnant women, in the 3rd trimester, who were presented with the retro-placental hematoma during the pregnancy or childbirth and taken care of in the maternity ward of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Communautaire. Results: During our study period, we recorded 87 cases of retro-placental hematoma, and 40,763 deliveries. The frequency of retro-placental hematoma was 0.21% at delivery. Conclusion: Retro-placental hematoma is a serious pathology during the pregnancy. The majority of pregnancies and births go off without incident even though they all present risks [1] Among these risks there is retro-placental hematoma (RPH), an extreme obstetric emergency. Some authors estimate it to be 0.25% to 0.50% of cases on average [2]. Other African authors have reported higher RPH frequencies ranging from 1.97% to 3.6% [9] [10] [11]
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