Incidence and Risk Factors of Primary Postpartum Hemorrhage after
Vaginal Delivery in Kasr Al Ainy University Hospital: a Cross-sectional
Study
Abstract
Background: Approximately 15% of all pregnant women (about 20 million
women) suffer from acute severe obstetric complications
7-18, and the first 24 hours postpartum and the first
week after labor represent the main periods with the highest chances of
mortality. The most evident complication of which is hemorrhage; solely
accounting for 27% of all maternal deaths that occur worldwide
14-17 , and it being postpartum accounts for 73% of
all the hemorrhage cases. 17 . Primary Post-partum
hemorrhage is formally defined as the loss of at least 500 ml of blood
after a vaginal birth or the loss of at least 1,000 ml of blood after a
cesarean section within 24 hours of delivery. 17 Aim:
In light of this, this cross-sectional study aims to evaluate the
incidence and determine risk factors of PPH after vaginal delivery in
Kasr Alainy University Hospital in Cairo, Egypt. Methodology: The study
is a multivariate cross-sectional study. Single population proportion
formula was used to determine the sample size in accordance with
inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data was collected via assisted
questionnaires and results were statistically interpreted with a
confidence interval of 95% to gather the odds ratio of different
statistically significant risk factors of PPH. Results: PPH incidence in
Kasr AlAiny in the period of our study was 8.1%. Atonic factors were
implicated in 67% of all PPH after vaginal delivery in the study. Most
evident risk factors were prolonged labor (odds ratio= 5.1), then
history of previous PPH (odds ratio= 4.25), followed by hypertension
(odds ratio 2.53) and lastly advanced age ⩾35 years (odds ratio= 2.29)
Conclusion: Our research concluded that most cases of PPH were mainly of
atonic causes and primarily with prolonged labor being the most evident
risk factor.