Factors Associated with Placenta Praevia in Primigravidas and Its Pregnancy Outcome

Table 4

Obstetric outcomes in women with major placenta praevia.

	Primigravida; = 56	Nonprimigravida; = 187	value
Gestation at delivery (weeks)	36.52 ± 1.95	35.76 ± 2.54	0.020^a
Post-op haemoglobin (gm%)	10.16 ± 1.46	10.68 ± 6.86	0.575^a
Type of caesarean (%)			1.000^b
Lower segment	56 (100)	185 (98.9)
Classical	0	2 (1.1)
Caesarean (%)			0.533^b
Elective	32 (57.1)	98 (52.4)
Emergency	24 (42.9)	89 (47.6)
Estimated blood loss (mls)	524.11 ± 289.98	690.16 ± 597.34	0.005^a
Postpartum haemorrhage (%)			0.490^b
Primary PPH	12 (21.4)	55 (29.4)
Secondary PPH	1 (1.8)	3 (1.6)
Received blood transfusion (%)	8 (14.3)	40 (21.4)	0.241^b
DIVC (%)	0	8 (4.3)	0.251^b
Placenta accreta (intraoperative) (%)	0	5 (2.6)	0.431^b
Additional intervention (%)
Bakri Balloon	0	1	1.000^b
Internal iliac artery ligation	0	1	1.000^b
B-lynch suture	0	0
Embolization	0	1	1.000^b
Hysterectomy	0	6	0.386^b
Maternal death (%)	0	0

-test, ^bChi-square test.