Table 2: The clinicopathological data of the trauma event and short term maternal and neonatal outcome
Negative FCM n=904 Positive FCM n=119 p Value
Mechanism of trauma* Mechanism of trauma* Mechanism of trauma* Mechanism of trauma*
Motor vehicle accident 336 (37.2%) 51 (42.9%) 0.23
Fall 326 (36.1%) 41 (34.5%) 0.73
Direct abdominal injury 310 (34.3%) 43 (36.1%) 0.69
Other 14 (1.5%) 0 (0%) 0.17
Injury severity score 0.1±0.8 0.1±0.6 0.94
Vaginal bleeding 18 (2%) 3 (2.5%) 0.70
Uterine contractions (more than 1 in 10 min) 200 (22.1%) 26 (21.8%) 0.94
Decreased fetal movements 42 (4.7%) 4 (3.4%) 0.52
Rupture of membranes 4 (0.4%) 0 (0%) 0.47
Sonographic placental abruption signs 10 (1.1%) 0 (0%) 0.25
Fetal death 2 (0.2%) 0 (0%) 0.61
Seen by other specialty: general surgeon / orthopedic / other 365 (40.5%) 59 (49.6%) 0.06
Other obstetric complications 136 (15.2%) 24 (20.5%) 0.14
ER admission only 209 (23.2%) 25 (21%) 0.60
Hospitalization in high-risk pregnancy department 679 (75.5%) 93 (78.2%) 0.48
Hospitalization in another department 12 (1.3%) 1 (0.8%) 0.65
Non-obstetric surgery 4 (0.4%) 1 (0.8%) 0.56
Length of stay 1.1±1.6 1.4±1.8 0.03
Delivery during hospitalization 12 (1.3%) 2 (1.7%) 0.76
Adverse maternal & neonatal outcome 77 (8.5%) 5 (4.2%) 0.10
Some women had more than one mechanism of trauma FCM - Flow cytometry. ER – Emergency Room. Data are mean± standard deviation; number (%); *Some women had more than one mechanism of trauma FCM - Flow cytometry. ER – Emergency Room. Data are mean± standard deviation; number (%); *Some women had more than one mechanism of trauma FCM - Flow cytometry. ER – Emergency Room. Data are mean± standard deviation; number (%); *Some women had more than one mechanism of trauma FCM - Flow cytometry. ER – Emergency Room. Data are mean± standard deviation; number (%);