Why the study?
Do maternal risk factors such as smoking increase the risk of placental abruption and associated fetal conditions in singleton pregnancies?
Population
30,681 singleton pregnancies at least 28 weeks' gestation
Design
Cohort
Authors
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May prompt fetal echocardiography after abruption; leaves open causal links with smoking in larger cohorts.
Do maternal risk factors such as smoking increase the risk of placental abruption and associated fetal conditions in singleton pregnancies?
Maternal smoking is a significant risk factor for placental abruption, which is strongly associated with an increased risk of congenital heart defects in the fetus.
Raymond et al. (1993) studied this question.
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