Main results
Our study demonstrates that women with liver cirrhosis have increased
risks on maternal, fetal and obstetric complications during pregnancy
and delivery compared to healthy pregnant women. The maternal mortality
rate, although lower in recent studies, remained high at 0.89%, where
in the general obstetric population maternal mortality is exceedingly
rare at 0.010%. Variceal hemorrhage occurred in 4.0% of pregnancies
and remained the most common cause of maternal death among women with
liver cirrhosis.