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We examined the association between pharmacological pain relief and postpartum bleeding in a large cohort of women giving birth with anemia in sub\u2010Saharan Africa and South Asia.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We conducted a cohort analysis using data from the WOMAN\u20102 trial. Between August 2019 and September 2023, women with moderate or severe anemia who were giving birth vaginally were recruited from hospitals in Nigeria, Pakistan, Tanzania, and Zambia. Our exposure was receipt of pharmacological pain relief during birth. Our primary and secondary outcomes were calculated postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) (\u22651000\u2009mL estimated blood loss, which was calculated from peripartum change in hemoglobin concentration) and clinically diagnosed PPH (blood loss \u2265500\u2009mL or any blood loss causing hemodynamic instability), respectively. We used multilevel logistic regression to examine the association between pharmacological pain relief and postpartum bleeding outcomes, including a random effect for hospital and fixed effects for other potential confounders.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Of 15\u2009068 women recruited to the WOMAN\u20102 trial, 1810 women received pain relief (12.0%). Opioids were used most (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20091344). Among women having an episiotomy, pain relief was used in 19% (Pakistan), 10% (Zambia), 4% (Nigeria), and 1% (Tanzania). Among women having an instrumental birth, pain relief was used in 21% (Pakistan, Nigeria, and Zambia) and 2% (Tanzania). The unadjusted odds ratios (ORs) were 0.76 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.58\u20131.00) for calculated PPH and 1.28 (95% CI: 0.99\u20131.67) for clinically diagnosed PPH. After adjusting for potential confounders, the OR for calculated PPH was 0.64 (95% CI: 0.49\u20130.82) and the OR for clinically diagnosed PPH was 0.89 (95% CI: 0.67\u20131.17).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Pharmacological pain relief may reduce postpartum bleeding. Women giving birth vaginally in sub\u2010Saharan Africa and South Asia rarely get pain relief, even when having surgical procedures.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/ijgo.71341","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,7]],"date-time":"2026-09-07T11:09:26Z","timestamp":1788779366000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Pharmacological pain relief and postpartum bleeding in women with moderate or severe anemia: A cohort analysis of the\n                    <scp>WOMAN<\/scp>\n                    \u20102 trial"],"prefix":"10.1002","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8514-0381","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Judith","family":"Lieber","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinical Trials Unit London School of Hygiene &amp; Tropical Medicine  London UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1405-9391","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Monica","family":"Arribas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinical Trials Unit London School of Hygiene &amp; 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