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A global view of severe maternal morbidity: moving beyond maternal mortality

Reproductive Health, 2018
Background Maternal mortality continues to be of great public health importance, however for each woman who dies as the direct or indirect result of pregnancy, many more women experience life-threatening complications.
Stacie E. Geller, Abigail R. Koch, Caitlin E. Garland, E. Jane MacDonald, Francesca Storey, Beverley Lawton   +5 more
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Maternal age and severe maternal morbidity: A population-based retrospective cohort study.

PLoS Medicine, 2017
BackgroundOne of the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals of 2000 was to reduce maternal mortality by 75% in 15 y; however, this challenge was not met by many industrialized countries. As average maternal age continues to rise in these countries,
Sarka Lisonkova, Jayson Potts, Giulia M Muraca, Neda Razaz, Yasser Sabr, Wee-Shian Chan, Michael S Kramer   +6 more
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Bowel Perforation Secondary to Illegally Induced Abortion: a Tertiary Hospital Experience in Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2012
Bowel perforation though rarely reported is a serious complication of induced abortion, which is often performed illegally by persons without any medical training in developing countries.
Chalya, Phillipo L, Chandika, Alphonce B, Gilyoma, Japhet M, Kihunrwa, Albert, Mabula, Joseph B, Massinde, Anthony, McHembe, Mabula D   +6 more
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The association between severe maternal morbidity and mortality and race/ethnicity with community type in Maryland

Women's Health, 2023
Background: Severe maternal morbidity and mortality are increasing in the United States with continued healthcare disparities among Non-Hispanic Black women.
Lorene NEA Cudjoe, Joseph K Canner, Shari M Lawson, Arthur Jason Vaught   +3 more
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Beyond maternal death: improving the quality of maternal care through national studies of ‘near-miss’ maternal morbidity [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Studies of maternal mortality have been shown to result in important improvements to women’s health. It is now recognised that in countries such as the UK, where maternal deaths are rare, the study of near-miss severe maternal morbidity ...
Acosta, C, Brocklehurst, P, Cheshire, A, Fitzpatrick, K, Hinton, L, Jokinen, M, Kemp, B, Knight, M, Kurinczuk, JJ, Lewis, G, Lindquist, A, Locock, L, Nair, M, Patel, N, Quigley, M, Ridge, D, Rivero-Arias, O, Sellers, S, Shah, A   +18 more
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Sexual life and dysfunction after maternal morbidity: a systematic review. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Because there is a lack of knowledge on the long-term consequences of maternal morbidity/near miss episodes on women's sexual life and function we conducted a systematic review with the purpose of identifying the available evidence on any ...
Andreucci, Carla B, Brazilian COMMAG Study Group, Bussadori, Jamile C, Cecatti, Jose G, Chou, Doris, Filippi, Veronique, Pacagnella, Rodolfo C, Say, Lale, WHO Maternal Morbidity Working Group   +8 more
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Evaluation of the impact of the Mother and Infant Health Project in Ukraine [PDF]

, 2009
This paper exploits a unique opportunity to evaluate the impact of the quality change in the labor and delivery services brought about by the Mother and Infant Health Project in Ukraine.
Nizalova, Olena, Vyshnya, Maria
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Maternal and perinatal results of preeclamsia before 31 weeks of gestation at clinica maternidad Rafael calvo cartagena, colombia

Revista Ciencias Biomédicas, 2011
Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy are associated to a high rate of maternal andperinatal morbidity and mortality.Objective: To describe maternal and perinatal results in pre-eclamptic women withdelivery before 36 weeks of gestation.Methods: A ...
Mogollon-Saker Sandra Patricia, Salcedo-Ramos Francisco, Ramos-Clason Enrique Carlos   +2 more
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Maternal health improvement through root cause analysis of severe maternal morbidity (maternal near miss) in Isfahan, Iran

Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2020
INTRODUCTION: Investigating severe maternal morbidity and near-miss cases are applied internationally as a new indicator to examine the quality of maternal care and as an effective strategy to reduce maternal mortality.
Sepideh Zhali, Shahnaz Kohan, Azar Danesh Shahraki, Marjan Beigi   +3 more
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The influence of mother’s personality on the decision about the elective cesarean section: a pilot study with a sample of 16 new mothers [PDF]

, 2016
To investigate the psychological profile of a sample of new mothers, who requested an elective caesarean section (CS), compared with a group of women who had a CS in emergency.
ACETI, Franca, CIOLLI, Paola, GIACCHETTI, NICOLETTA, PALADINI, VANESSA, PANCHERI, CORINNA   +4 more
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