Research Article
Pregnancy in Sickle Cell Disease Is a Very High-Risk Situation: An Observational Study
Table 3
Nonobstetric maternal complications during pregnancy.
| Nonobstetric complications (%) | HbSS | HbS/beta | HbSC |
| Severe vasoocclusive crises | 5 () | 0 | 8 () | Acute chest syndrome | 1 () | 0 | 1 () | Urinary tract infection | 8 (30) | 0 | 10 () | Impaired cardiac function | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hospitalization in intensive care unit | | | | Maternal death | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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