Table 2.

Maternal Outcomes

Variable	Emergency Group, n=97	Planned Group, n=111	P Value
Preoperative hemoglobin, g/dL, mean ± SD [median, range]	10.92 ± 1.95 [11, 10.70]	11.86 ± 1.54 [11.90, 11]	<0.001^a
Predischarge hemoglobin, g/dL, mean ± SD [median, range]	9.71 ± 1.18 [9.60, 6.40]	10.20 ± 1.25 [10.10, 6.70]	0.004^b
Postoperative transfusion, n (%)
None	54 (55.7)	95 (85.6)	<0.001^c
Erythrocyte	16 (16.5)	8 (7.2)
Fresh frozen plasma	1 (1.0)	2 (1.8)
Erythrocyte + fresh frozen plasma	26 (26.8)	6 (5.4)
Additional procedures, n (%)
None	72 (74.2)	97 (87.4)
Intrauterine sutures	14 (14.4)	8 (7.2)	0.988^c
B-Lynch	1 (1.0)	0 (0.0)
Hysterectomy	1 (1.0)	0 (0.0)
Intrauterine sutures + bladder injury repair	1 (1.0)	1 (0.9)
Intrauterine sutures + intrauterine balloon tamponade replacement	4 (4.1)	2 (1.8)
Intrauterine sutures + internal iliac artery ligation	3 (3.1)	2 (1.8)
Intrauterine sutures + intrauterine balloon tamponade replacement + B-Lynch	1 (1.0)	0 (0.0)
Intrauterine sutures + uterine lower segment resection	0 (0.0)	1 (0.9)
Maternal morbidity n (%)			0.200^c
Postoperative fever	2 (2.1)	3 (2.7)
Wound infection	0 (0.0)	3 (2.7)
Re-laparotomy	1 (1.0)	0 (0.0)
Bladder injury	1 (1.0)	1 (0.9)
Ureter injury	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Bowel injury	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Postoperative intra-abdominal infection	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Sepsis	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
ICU admission, n (%)	55 (56.7)	26 (23.4)	<0.001^a
ICU length of stay, days, mean ± SD [median, range]	0.78 ± 0.80 [1, 3]	0.27 ± 0.52 [0, 2]	<0.001^a
Hospital length of stay, days, mean ± SD [median, range]	2.64 ± 0.85 [3, 7]	2.19 ± 0.53 [2, 3]	<0.001^a

Note: Ranges of the mean ± SD data sets were calculated by subtracting the minimum value from the maximum value.
↵^aMann-Whitney U test.
↵^bt test.
↵^cFisher exact test.
ICU, intensive care unit.