Effect of multidisciplinary team (MDT) centred on pregnant women with pulmonary hypertension on treatment and outcomes of pregnancy

Table 3 Maternal and fetal/neonatal complications in pre-MDT and post-MDT groups

Obstetrical complications^a	Pre-MDT (n = 49)		Post-MDT (n = 54)		P value
Obstetrical complications^a	n	%	n	%
Pre-eclampsia	4	8.2%	4	7.4%	NS
Premature rupture of membranes	4	8.2%	5	9.3%	NS
Postpartum haemorrhage^b	2	4.1%	2	3.7%	NS
Heart failure	15	30.6%	7	12.9%	0.02
Maternal death	5	10.2%	0	0.0%	0.02

Fetal/neonatal complications^c	Pre-MDT (n = 49)		Post-MDT (n = 52)
Fetal/neonatal complications^c	n/mean	%/SD	n/mean	%/SD
Birth weight (g), mean ± SD^d	2469	652	2481	679	NS
Prematurity	17	34.7%	30	55.6%	0.03
Low birth weight^d+e	21	43.7%	26	53.1%	NS
Neonatal death	7	14.2%	1	1.9%	0.02
IUGR^f	16	32.6%	8	15.4%	0.04
Naonatal anormaly	2	4.1%	3	5.8%	NS

p < 0.05 represents a significant difference; n number of pregnancies or neonatus; % percentage; ^a 49 women in the pre-MDT group and 53 women in the post-MDT group; ^b pregnant women with cesarean section lose more than 1000 ml of blood or with vaginal delivery than 500 ml; ^d one and three baby weight lost in the pre-MDT group and the post-MDT group, respectively; ^e was defined as baby weight < 2500 g; ^f IUGR defined as birthweight 10th percentile for gestational week at delivery; IUGR intrauterine growth restriction; MDT multidisciplinary team; NS no significance; SD standard deviation

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