• Journal of anesthesia · Feb 2024

    The effect of assisted reproductive technology on postpartum bleeding: hormonal cycle frozen embryo transfer might increase blood loss.

    • Mizuki Taniguchi, Chieko Akinaga, Kota Suzuki, Kaori Tarui, Naoaki Tamura, Yuki Shiko, Yohei Kawasaki, and Yoshiki Nakajima.
    • Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-Ku, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan. mizukit@hama-med.ac.jp.
    • J Anesth. 2024 Feb 1; 38 (1): 192819-28.

    BackgroundAmong assisted reproductive technologies, frozen thawed embryo transfer (FET) is associated with increased blood loss at delivery. Anesthesiologists need to be aware of new factors that affect postpartum blood loss. This study investigated whether FET cycles with or without hormonal support affect the amount of postpartum bleeding.MethodsWe conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients admitted for delivery at a single university hospital between January 2015 and December 2018. Patients were divided into no-assisted reproductive technology (No-ART), hormonal cycle FET (HC-FET) and natural cycle FET (NC-FET) group. The primary outcome was the amount of blood loss after delivery (median [interquartile range]), which was compared among the three groups. Multiple regression analysis was performed to investigate the factors affecting blood loss.ResultsBetween 2015 and 2018, 3187 women delivered neonates. In vaginal delivery, postpartum blood loss in the HC-FET group (1060 [830] g) was significantly greater than in the NC-FET group (650 [485] g, P = 0.001) and in the No-ART group (590 [420] g P < 0.001). Multiple linear regression analysis showed that HC-FET (P < 0.001) was one of the independent factors for the amount of bleeding. In cesarean delivery, the HC-FET group had more blood loss than the No-ART group (910 [676] g vs. 784 [524] g, P = 0.039). However, HC-FET was not an independent factor for postpartum blood loss.ConclusionsThe HC-FET group had more blood loss than the No-ART group for both vaginal and cesarean deliveries. Furthermore, HC-FET was an independent factor that increased postpartum blood loss in vaginal deliveries.© 2023. The Author(s) under exclusive licence to Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists.

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