Incidence of maternal peripartum infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis

SL Woodd, A Montoya, M Barreix, L Pi, C Calvert… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Infection is an important, preventable cause of maternal morbidity, and
pregnancy-related sepsis accounts for 11% of maternal deaths. However, frequency of …

Quality of basic maternal care functions in health facilities of five African countries: an analysis of national health system surveys

ME Kruk, HH Leslie, S Verguet, GM Mbaruku… - The lancet global …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background Global efforts to increase births at health-care facilities might not reduce
maternal or newborn mortality if quality of care is insufficient. However, little systematic …

Epidemiology of obstetric critical illness

S Einav, M Leone - International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia, 2019 - Elsevier
Obstetric intensive care unit (ICU) admissions comprise only a small part of severe maternal
morbidity. The incidence rate of both remains relatively unclear due to inconsistent …

Massive blood transfusion during hospitalization for delivery in New York State, 1998–2007

JM Mhyre, A Shilkrut, EV Kuklina… - Obstetrics & …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: To define the frequency, risk factors, and outcomes of massive transfusion in
obstetrics. METHODS: The State Inpatient Dataset for New York (1998–2007) was used to …

Levels of maternal care

MK Menard, S Kilpatrick, G Saade, LM Hollier… - American journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
In the 1970s, studies demonstrated that timely access to risk-appropriate neonatal and
obstetric care could reduce perinatal mortality. Since the publication of the Toward …

Obstetric care consensus# 9: levels of maternal care:(replaces obstetric care consensus number 2, February 2015)

SJ Kilpatrick, MK Menard, CM Zahn… - American journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity, particularly among women of color, have
increased in the United States. The leading medical causes of maternal mortality include …

Planned home birth: the professional responsibility response

FA Chervenak, LB McCullough, RL Brent… - American journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
This article addresses the recrudescence of and new support for midwife-supervised
planned home birth in the United States and the other developed countries in the context of …

Location of childbirth for rural women: implications for maternal levels of care

KB Kozhimannil, MM Casey, P Hung, S Prasad… - American journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background A recent American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and Society for
Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) consensus statement on levels of maternity care lays out …

The impact of hospital obstetric volume on maternal outcomes in term, non–low-birthweight pregnancies

JM Snowden, YW Cheng, CL Emeis… - American journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective The impact of hospital obstetric volume specifically on maternal outcomes remains
under studied. We examined the impact of hospital obstetric volume on maternal outcomes …

Patient-, hospital-, and neighborhood-level factors associated with severe maternal morbidity during childbirth: a cross-sectional study in New York State 2013–2014

J Guglielminotti, R Landau, CA Wong, G Li - Maternal and child health …, 2019 - Springer
Background The incidence of severe maternal morbidity (SMM) during childbirth is
increasing in the United States. A better characterization of risk factors for SMM may identify …