Publications by authors named "Aleith Hemans-Keen"
Objective: To document an increased prevalence of retained placenta in mothers with homozygous sickle cell disease.
Methods: A retrospective review (January 1, 1992, to December 31, 2005) at the University Hospital of the West Indies revealed 174 singleton deliveries in women with sickle cell disease who were matched by delivery date and age 1:1 with 174 mothers with normal hemoglobin phenotype. Cesarean delivery in 62 mothers (36%) with sickle cell and in 41 women with normal hemoglobin (24%) left 112 sickle cell and 133 normal hemoglobin pregnancies with spontaneous deliveries.