Research Article

Pregnancy in Sickle Cell Disease Is a Very High-Risk Situation: An Observational Study

Table 1

Characteristics of the deliveries according to the patients’ sickle cell genotype.

HbSSHbS/betaHbSC

Number of deliveries 27530
Mean age (years)28.2 (17–41)26.4 (21–31) 24.5 (17–40)
Previous HU use, (%)8 (30)01 ()
Blood transfusion, (%)19 (70)00
Sickle cell complications, (%)16 (59)010 (33)
Obstetric complications, (%)11 (41)4 (80)17 (57)