Awareness about a Life-Threatening Condition: Ectopic Pregnancy in a Network for Surveillance of Severe Maternal Morbidity in Brazil
Table 3
Estimated risk of ectopic pregnancy among maternal morbidity cases, according to conditions of severity management used.
Conditions of severity management
Ectopic pregnancy
Other conditions
PR for ectopic pregnancy
95% CI
Blood transfusion
37.2
15.7
2.37
1.73–3.24
Central venous access
2.6
3.8
0.67
0.33–1.35
ICU admission
7.7
22.6
0.34
0.18–0.63
Prolonged hospital stay (>7 days)
3.5
30.9
0.11
0.05–0.25
Nonanesthetic intubation
1.6
3.1
0.51
0.19–1.39
Return to operating room
1.6
3.4
0.48
0.14–1.64
Laparotomy
97.1
3.1
31.39
21.87–45.04
Use of magnesium sulphate
0.0
50.0
<0.01
<0.01-<0.01
Other major surgical procedures
1.0
0.8
1.27
0.30–5.31
Total
(312)
(9,243)
PR: prevalence ratio adjusted for cluster effect; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval for prevalence ratio; ICU: intensive care unit. Values in bold type indicate statistically significant values.
