Research Article
Pregnancy in Sickle Cell Disease Is a Very High-Risk Situation: An Observational Study
Table 4
Analysis of the characteristics of newborn infants.
| | Characteristics | HbSS | HbS/beta | HbSC |
| | Mean gestational age (weeks) | 34.84 (10–41.6) | 38.52 (37.7–39.8) | 36.76 (27.1–41) | | Average weight (g) | 2632 (500–3530) | 3214 (2710–3690) | 2590 (670–3670) | | Five-minute Apgar | 8.5 (3–10) | 8 (3–10) | 9.12 (3–10) | | Intrauterine growth retardation (%) | 5 () | 0 | 10 () | | Abnormal fetal heart rate (%) | 1 () | 1 () | 7 () | | Hospitalization in ICU (%) | 4 () | 0 | 2 () |
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ICU: intensive care unit.
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