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Preterm delivery: A risk factor for retained placenta

1990; Elsevier BV; Volume: 163; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0002-9378(90)91076-o

1097-6868

Roberto Romero, Yu Chiung Hsu, Apostolos P. Athanassiadis, Zion Hagay, Cecilia Avila, Jose Nores, Alistair Roberts, Moshe Mazor, John C. Hobbins,

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The purpose of this study was to determine whether preterm delivery, with and without intraamniotic infection, is a risk factor for retained placenta. This complication occurred more frequently in women with preterm vaginal delivery than in women with term vaginal delivery (9.1% [21/231] vs 1.1% [6/561]; p < 0.00001; odds ratio = 9.25). There was no significant difference in the prevalence of retained placenta between women with preterm labor and intact membranes and those with preterm premature rupture of membranes (8% [10/125] vs 10.4% [11/106]; p ≥ 0.05). A positive amniotic fluid culture or clinical chorioamnionitis was not associated with a higher incidence of retained placenta. This study indicates that preterm delivery is associated with an increased risk of complications of the third stage of labor.