Maternal mortality in the United States: predictability and the impact of protocols on fatal postcesarean pulmonary embolism and hypertension-related intracranial hemorrhage

Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Dec;211(6):713. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2014.07.061. Epub 2014 Aug 6.

Author

Leo R Brancazio¹

Affiliation

¹ Duke University Hospital, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC. Electronic address: leo.brancazio@duke.edu.

PMID: 25108141
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2014.07.061

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Cesarean Section / mortality*
Female
Humans
Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced / drug therapy*
Intracranial Hemorrhages / prevention & control*
Maternal Mortality / trends*
Postoperative Complications / prevention & control*
Postpartum Hemorrhage / prevention & control*
Pregnancy
Pulmonary Embolism / prevention & control*