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  • Title: Incidence, risk factors and perinatal outcomes for placenta accreta in Australia and New Zealand: a case-control study.
    Author: Farquhar CM, Li Z, Lensen S, McLintock C, Pollock W, Peek MJ, Ellwood D, Knight M, Homer CS, Vaughan G, Wang A, Sullivan E.
    Journal: BMJ Open; 2017 Oct 05; 7(10):e017713. PubMed ID: 28982832.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: Estimate the incidence of placenta accreta and describe risk factors, clinical practice and perinatal outcomes. DESIGN: Case-control study. SETTING: Sites in Australia and New Zealand with at least 50 births per year. PARTICIPANTS: Cases were women giving birth (≥20 weeks or fetus ≥400 g) who were diagnosed with placenta accreta by antenatal imaging, at operation or by pathology specimens between 2010 and 2012. Controls were two births immediately prior to a case. A total of 295 cases were included and 570 controls. METHODS: Data were collected using the Australasian Maternity Outcomes Surveillance System. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: Incidence, risk factors (eg, prior caesarean section (CS), maternal age) and clinical outcomes of placenta accreta (eg CS, hysterectomy and death). RESULTS: The incidence of placenta accreta was 44.2/100 000 women giving birth (95% CI 39.4 to 49.5); however, this may overestimated due to the case definition used. In primiparous women, an increased odds of placenta accreta was observed in older women (adjusted OR (AOR) women≥40 vs <30: 19.1, 95% CI 4.6 to 80.3) and current multiple birth (AOR: 6.1, 95% CI 1.1 to 34.1). In multiparous women, independent risk factors were prior CS (AOR ≥2 prior sections vs 0: 13.8, 95% CI 7.4 to 26.1) and current placenta praevia (AOR: 36.3, 95% CI 14.0 to 93.7). There were two maternal deaths (case fatality rate 0.7%).Women with placenta accreta were more likely to have a caesarean section (AOR: 4.6, 95% CI 2.7 to 7.6) to be admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU)/high dependency unit (AOR: 46.1, 95% CI 22.3 to 95.4) and to have a hysterectomy (AOR: 209.0, 95% CI 19.9 to 875.0). Babies born to women with placenta accreta were more likely to be preterm, be admitted to neonatal ICU and require resuscitation.
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