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Obstetric complications and socio-demographic characteristics associated with severe maternal morbidity at Mbeya Zonal Referral Hospital, Tanzania: a case–control study [PDF]

Frontiers in Global Women's Health
IntroductionThe issue of severe maternal morbidity continues to pose a significant public health challenge globally and has recently emerged as a complementary metric for evaluating the quality of maternal health care.
Erick Justin Mbogoro, Erick Justin Mbogoro, Mathew Senga, Rebecca Mokeha   +3 more
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Systematic review of the magnitude and case fatality ratio for severe maternal morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa between 1995 and 2010 [PDF]

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2011
Background Analysis of severe maternal morbidity (maternal near misses) provides information on the quality of care. We assessed the prevalence/incidence of maternal near miss, maternal mortality and case fatality ratio through systematic review of ...
Kakaire Othman, Kaye Dan K, Osinde Michael O   +2 more
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Antenatal Maternal Hemoglobin Level and Severe Maternal Morbidity [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Medicine
Background/Objectives: Prior studies using administrative data have found that antenatal anemia is a risk factor for severe maternal morbidity (SMM). However, administrative definitions, including the commonly used definition from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), have a poor positive predictive value for some SMM components.
Sonya P. Fabricant, Karen N. Opara, Alesandra R. Rau, Julianna V. Paul, Alodia Girma, Jessica D. White, Gabriella Blissett, Intira Sriprasert, Lisa M. Korst, Nicole M. Chadwick   +9 more
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WHO systematic review of maternal morbidity and mortality: the prevalence of severe acute maternal morbidity (near miss) [PDF]

Reproductive Health, 2004
Aim To determine the prevalence of severe acute maternal morbidity (SAMM) worldwide (near miss). Method Systematic review of all available data. The methodology followed a pre-defined protocol, an extensive search strategy of 10 electronic databases as ...
Pattinson Robert C, Gülmezoglu A Metin, Say Lale   +2 more
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Maternal Vulnerability Index and Severe Maternal Morbidity

JAMA Network Open
ImportanceFew studies have investigated the association of composite measures of neighborhood social determinants of health with severe maternal morbidity (SMM), and no research has examined this association for indices tailored to maternal health.ObjectiveTo examine the association of scores in the Maternal Vulnerability Index (MVI), a tool developed ...
Boghossian, Nansi S., Radack, Joshua, Passarella, Molly, Phibbs, Ciaran S., Greenberg, Lucy T., Buzas, Jeffrey S., Saade, George R., Rogowski, Jeannette, Lorch, Scott A.   +8 more
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Timely treatment of severe maternal hypertension and reduction in severe maternal morbidity [PDF]

Pregnancy Hypertension, 2018
To determine if timely treatment within 60 min of confirmed diagnosis of severe maternal hypertension with antihypertensive medications was associated with reduction in severe maternal morbidity.Medical records of women with severe hypertension (at least two severe blood pressures, systolic ≥160 mmHg and/or diastolic ≥110 mmHg, within 60 min) were ...
Megha Gupta, Naomi Greene, Sarah J. Kilpatrick   +2 more
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Incidence and predictors of maternal cardiovascular mortality and severe morbidity in The Netherlands: a prospective cohort study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
OBJECTIVE: To assess incidence and possible risk factors of severe maternal morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease in The Netherlands. DESIGN: A prospective population based cohort study.
Claartje M Huisman, Joost J Zwart, Jolien W Roos-Hesselink, Johannes J Duvekot, Jos van Roosmalen   +4 more
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Comparison of severe maternal morbidity between pregnancy with subclinical hypothyroidism and overt hypothyroidism [PDF]

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
Introduction Maternal outcomes of pregnancy with subclinical hypothyroidism continue to be active areas of research interest. The objective of this study was to compare severe maternal morbidity at delivery between pregnant patients with subclinical ...
Laurel S. Aberle, Katherine E. Bayard, Kimberly M. Juarez, Jennifer A. Yao, Shinya Matsuzaki, Tatsuya Miyake, Aaron D. Masjedi, Rachel S. Mandelbaum, Caroline T. Nguyen, Joseph G. Ouzounian, Koji Matsuo   +10 more
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The association between different aspects of socioeconomic deprivation and severe maternal morbidity [PDF]

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
Introduction Living in a deprived neighborhood is associated with an increased risk of severe maternal morbidity (SMM), but the specific deprivation factors or individual SMM conditions driving this risk remain unclear.
Dorothea Geddes‐Barton, Rema Ramakrishnan, Raph Goldacre, Marian Knight   +3 more
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Impact of fertility treatment on severe maternal morbidity [PDF]

Fertility and Sterility, 2016
To determine if fertility treatment is associated with increased risk of severe maternal morbidity (SMM) compared with spontaneous pregnancies.Retrospective cohort study.Academic medical center.In 2012, 6,543 women delivered live births >20 weeks gestation at our center.
Erica T. Wang, John A. Ozimek, Naomi Greene, Lauren Ramos, Nina Vyas, Sarah J. Kilpatrick, Margareta D. Pisarska   +6 more
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