• Suleyman Cemil Oglak, Mehmet Obut, Ali Emre Tahaoglu, Neslihan Ugur Demirel, Bekir Kahveci, and Ihsan Bagli.
• Suleyman Cemil Oglak, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Health Sciences University, Gazi Yasargil Training and Research Hospital, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
• Pak J Med Sci. 2021 May 1; 37 (3): 863-868.

ObjectiveThis study was aimed to compare the shock index (SI) values between patients who required blood transfusion due to postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) and patients who received no blood transfusion.MethodsWe conducted this cross-sectional study at a tertiary center between January 2019 and June 2019. A total of 2534 patients who underwent vaginal delivery were included in this study. We measured SI values upon admission, 30 minutes, 1-hour, and 2-hours after delivery. We identified women who required blood transfusion as the study group. Control patients who delivered in the same period and received no blood transfusion were identified in the medical record system and randomly selected. Age, parity, BMI, and SI values at each one prepartum and three postpartum periods of the groups were analyzed.ResultsA total of 2534 patients were included in the study. A varying amount of blood transfusion was performed in 54 patients (2.13%). When we compared with patients who did not receive blood transfusion after delivery, patients who received any amount of blood transfusion after vaginal delivery had significantly higher SI values 30 minutes after delivery (0.99±0.20, and 085±0.11, p=0.0001), at 1-hour (1.00±0.18, and 0.85±0.11, p=0.0001), and 2-hours (1.09±0.16, and 0.87±0.11, p=0.0001).ConclusionSI value could be a reliable and consistent marker to predict the requirement for any amount of blood transfusion due to PPH.Copyright: © Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences.

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