ACOG: Identifying Cases of Severe Maternal Morbidity – Moving Beyond the Delivery Hospitalization

Accounting for adverse events and outcomes related to maternity is fundamental to measuring the health of populations and the systems for delivering medical care. Traditionally, maternal mortality has been such…

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AJOG: Timing of cesarean delivery in women with ≥2 previous cesarean deliveries

ABSTRACT Background The rate of cesarean delivery is continuously increasing with the leading indication being a previous cesarean delivery. For women with 1 previous cesarean delivery, it is generally agreed…

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ACOG Green Journal: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Death Associated With Severe Maternal Morbidity in the United States

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To analyze racial and ethnic disparities in failure to rescue (ie, death) associated with severe maternal morbidity and describe temporal trends. METHODS: This was a retrospective cohort study…

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ACOG Green Journal: Individual-Level and Neighborhood-Level Risk Factors for Severe Maternal Morbidity

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between individual-level and neighborhood-level risk factors and severe maternal morbidity. METHODS: This was a retrospective cohort study of all pregnancies delivered between 2010 and…

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ACOG Green Journal: Severe Maternal Morbidity and Risk of Mortality Beyond the Postpartum Period

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To examine long-term risks of mortality after a pregnancy complicated by severe maternal morbidity. METHODS: We analyzed a longitudinal cohort of 1,229,306 women who delivered in the province…

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