Abstract:This study examines whether the established epidemiological relationship between cigarette-smoking exposure in pregnancy and adverse obstetric outcomes are confirmed in Australian data from the NSW Midwives Data Collection (MDC). These data were analysed to compare the obstetric complications and pregnancy outcomes between smoking and nonsmoking women confined in 1994. Results showed that smoking mothers had higher rates of antepartum haemorrhage due to placental abruption and placenta praevia. They were also … Show more
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