Relation between Birth Weight and Intraoperative Hemorrhage during Cesarean Section in Pregnancy with Placenta Previa.
Hiroaki SoyamaMorikazu MiyamotoHiroki IshibashiMasashi TakanoHidenori SasaKenichi FuruyaPublished in: PloS one (2016)
In patients with placenta previa, a birth weight >-0.33 standard deviation was a significant risk indicator of massive hemorrhage during cesarean section. Based on this result, further studies are required to investigate whether fetal weight estimated by ultrasonography can predict hemorrhage during cesarean section in patients with placental previa.