Ali Alhousseini1,2,3,4, Roberto Romero1,5,6,7,8,9, Neta Benshalom-Tirosh1,2, Dereje Gudicha1,2, Percy Pacora1,2, Dan Tirosh1,2, Doron Kabiri1,2, Lami Yeo1,2, Jecko Thachil10, Chaur-Dong Hsu1,2,3, Sonia S Hassan2,3,11, Offer Erez1,2,12. 1. Perinatology Research Branch, Division of Obstetrics and Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Detroit, MI, USA. 2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA. 3. Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA. 4. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI, USA. 5. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. 6. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA. 7. Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA. 8. Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI, USA. 9. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Miami International University, Miami, FL, USA. 10. Department of Haematology, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK. 11. Perinatal Research Initiative in Maternal, Perinatal and Child Health, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA. 12. Maternity Department D, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Nonovert disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a subclinical hemostatic dysfunction that has not yet reached the decompensation stage. The detection of pregnant patients at this stage may assist in the identification of those who will develop severe obstetrical hemorrhage, as it is one of the leading causes for preventable maternal mortality. Currently, nonovert DIC is diagnosed by a scoring system based on nonpregnant patients, originally generated by the International Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis (ISTH), which does not address the physiologic changes of the hemostatic system during pregnancy. OBJECTIVES: (1) To develop a pregnancy-specific nonovert DIC score, (2) to determine the diagnostic performance of this score in detecting women at risk for obstetrical hemorrhage requiring blood product transfusion, and (3) to compare it to the existing ISTH nonovert DIC score. STUDY DESIGN: This retrospective study has longitudinal and cross-sectional components and includes three steps: (1) characterization of the longitudinal changes in the components of modified ISTH nonovert DIC scores, including these parameters - fibrinogen, antithrombin III, protein C, prothrombin time (PT), platelets, thrombin-antithrombin (TAT) complex, and D-dimer - during gestation in a group of normal pregnancies (n = 50); (2) development of a pregnancy-specific nonovert DIC score in a cross-sectional design of high-risk (n = 152) and control (n = 50) pregnancies, based on the predictive performance of each analyte for the detection of women at risk for obstetrical hemorrhage requiring blood product transfusion and a logistic regression model; and (3) comparison between the diagnostic performance of the pregnancy-specific nonovert DIC score and the modified ISTH nonovert DIC score to detect, upon admission, women who are at increased risk for subsequent development of obstetrical hemorrhage requiring blood product transfusion. RESULTS: (1) The study cohort included 202 patients, of which 21 (10%) had obstetrical hemorrhage that required blood product transfusion and were considered to have nonovert DIC; (2) using the nonpregnant ISTH nonovert DIC score, 92% of the patients had a D-dimer concentration above the 0.5 mg/L threshold, and only 2% were identified to have a low fibrinogen concentration (<100 mg/dL); thus, this scoring system was unable to identify any of the patients with nonovert DIC based on the suggested cutoff of a score of ≥5; (3) the parameters included in the pregnancy-specific nonovert DIC score were selected based on their contribution to the performance of the model for the prediction of women at risk for obstetrical hemorrhage requiring blood product transfusion; as a result, we excluded the PT difference parameter from the score and the TAT complex concentration was added; and (4) a pregnancy-specific nonovert DIC score of ≥3 had a sensitivity of 71.4% and a specificity of 77.9% to identify patients at risk for obstetrical hemorrhage requiring blood product transfusion. CONCLUSION: We propose (1) a pregnancy-specific nonovert DIC score adjusted for the physiologic changes in the hemostatic system during gestation; and (2) that the pregnancy-specific nonovert DIC score can be a useful tool for the identification of patients at risk for obstetrical hemorrhage requiring blood product transfusion.
BACKGROUND: Nonovert disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a subclinical hemostatic dysfunction that has not yet reached the decompensation stage. The detection of pregnant patients at this stage may assist in the identification of those who will develop severe obstetrical hemorrhage, as it is one of the leading causes for preventable maternal mortality. Currently, nonovert DIC is diagnosed by a scoring system based on nonpregnant patients, originally generated by the International Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis (ISTH), which does not address the physiologic changes of the hemostatic system during pregnancy. OBJECTIVES: (1) To develop a pregnancy-specific nonovert DIC score, (2) to determine the diagnostic performance of this score in detecting women at risk for obstetrical hemorrhage requiring blood product transfusion, and (3) to compare it to the existing ISTH nonovert DIC score. STUDY DESIGN: This retrospective study has longitudinal and cross-sectional components and includes three steps: (1) characterization of the longitudinal changes in the components of modified ISTH nonovert DIC scores, including these parameters - fibrinogen, antithrombin III, protein C, prothrombin time (PT), platelets, thrombin-antithrombin (TAT) complex, and D-dimer - during gestation in a group of normal pregnancies (n = 50); (2) development of a pregnancy-specific nonovert DIC score in a cross-sectional design of high-risk (n = 152) and control (n = 50) pregnancies, based on the predictive performance of each analyte for the detection of women at risk for obstetrical hemorrhage requiring blood product transfusion and a logistic regression model; and (3) comparison between the diagnostic performance of the pregnancy-specific nonovert DIC score and the modified ISTH nonovert DIC score to detect, upon admission, women who are at increased risk for subsequent development of obstetrical hemorrhage requiring blood product transfusion. RESULTS: (1) The study cohort included 202 patients, of which 21 (10%) had obstetrical hemorrhage that required blood product transfusion and were considered to have nonovert DIC; (2) using the nonpregnant ISTH nonovert DIC score, 92% of the patients had a D-dimer concentration above the 0.5 mg/L threshold, and only 2% were identified to have a low fibrinogen concentration (<100 mg/dL); thus, this scoring system was unable to identify any of the patients with nonovert DIC based on the suggested cutoff of a score of ≥5; (3) the parameters included in the pregnancy-specific nonovert DIC score were selected based on their contribution to the performance of the model for the prediction of women at risk for obstetrical hemorrhage requiring blood product transfusion; as a result, we excluded the PT difference parameter from the score and the TAT complex concentration was added; and (4) a pregnancy-specific nonovert DIC score of ≥3 had a sensitivity of 71.4% and a specificity of 77.9% to identify patients at risk for obstetrical hemorrhage requiring blood product transfusion. CONCLUSION: We propose (1) a pregnancy-specific nonovert DIC score adjusted for the physiologic changes in the hemostatic system during gestation; and (2) that the pregnancy-specific nonovert DIC score can be a useful tool for the identification of patients at risk for obstetrical hemorrhage requiring blood product transfusion.
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