Contribution of Placenta Accreta to the Incidence of Postpartum Hemorrhage and Severe Postpartum Hemorrhage

Mehrabadi, Azar; Hutcheon, Jennifer A.; Liu, Shiliang; Bartholomew, Sharon; Kramer, Michael S.; Liston, Robert M.; Joseph, K.S.

doi:10.1097/aog.0000000000000722

Contribution of Placenta Accreta to the Incidence of Postpartum Hemorrhage and Severe Postpartum Hemorrhage

OBJECTIVE: To quantify the contribution of placenta accreta to the rate of postpartum hemorrhage and severe postpartum hemorrhage. METHODS: All hospital deliveries in Canada (excluding Quebec) for the years 2009 and 2010 (N=570,637) were included in a retrospective cohort study using data from th…