Temporal Trends and Regional Variations in Severe Maternal Morbidity in Canada, 2003 to 2007

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 847-855

  Liu, Shiliang ^a   Joseph, K S ^b   Bartholomew, Sharon ^a   Fahey, John ^c   Lee, Lily ^d   Allen, Alexander C ^e   Kramer, Michael S ^f,g   Sauve, Reg ^h,i   Young, David C ^e   Liston, Robert M ^b   Kirby, Russell ^j   León, Juan Andrés ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Reproductive Care Program of Nova Scotia   (Canada)

^d Perinatal Services British Columbia   (Canada)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Canada; Maternal; Severe morbidity; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECLAMPSIA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; NUNAVUT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMETERS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; REGIONAL VARIATION; SASKATCHEWAN; TEMPORAL TREND; TREND STUDY; CANADA; HEALTH SURVEY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 79952110349     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)34656-4     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Health Canada Canadian Perinatal Health Report 2003 2003, Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, Ottawa.
2. Public Health Agency of Canada.Canadian Perinatal Health Report 2008, Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, Ottawa, 2008.
3. Cnattingius S., Lambe M. Trends in smoking and overweight during pregnancy: prevalence, risks of pregnancy complications, and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Semin Perinatol 2002, 26:286-295.
4. Callaway L.K., Prins J.B., Chang A.M., McIntyre H.D. The prevalence and impact of overweight and obesity in an Australian obstetric population. Med J Aust 2006, 184:56-59.
5. Robinson H.E., O'Connell C.M., Joseph K.S., McLeod N.L. Maternal outcomes in pregnancies complicated by obesity. Obstet Gynecol 2005, 106:1357-1364.
6. Joseph K.S., Allen A.C., Dodds L., Turner L.A., Scott H., Liston R. The perinatal effects of delayed childbearing. Obstet Gynecol 2005, 105:1410-1418.
7. Joseph K.S., Young D.C., Dodds L., O'Connell C.M., Allen V.M., Chandra S., et al. Changes in maternal characteristics and obstetric practice and recent increases in primary cesarean delivery. Obstet Gynecol 2003, 102:791-800.
8. Pattinson R., Say L., Souza J.P., Broek N. Rooney C. WHO Working Group on Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Classifications. WHO maternal death and near-miss classifications. Bull World Health Organ 2009, 87:734.
9. Say L., Souza J.P., Pattinson R.C. WHO Working Group on Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Classifications, Maternal near miss-towards a standard tool for monitoring quality of maternal health care. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol 2009, 23:287-296.
10. van Roosmalen J., Zwart J. Severe acute maternal morbidity in high-income countries. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol 2009, 23:297-304.
11. Pollock W., Sullivan E., Nelson S., King J. Capacity to monitor severe maternal morbidity in Australia. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 2008, 48:17-25.
12. Baskett T.F. Epidemiology of obstetric critical care. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol 2008, 22:763-774.
13. Sousa M.H., Cecatti J.G., Hardy E.E., Serruya S.J. Severe maternal morbidity (near miss) as a sentinel event of maternal death. An attempt to use routine data for surveillance. Reprod Health 2008, 5:6. Published online 2008 October 28, Available at, Accessed July 13, 2010. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2583985/?tool=pubmed, 10.1186/1742-4755-5-6.
14. Cameron C.A., Roberts C.L., Olive E.C., Ford J.B., Fischer W.E. Trends in postpartum haemorrhage. Aust N Z J Public Health 2006, 30:151-156.
15. Ford J.B., Roberts C.L., Simpson J.M., Vaughan J., Cameron C.A. Increased postpartum hemorrhage rates in Australia. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2007, 98:237-243.
16. Joseph K.S., Rouleau J., Kramer M.S., Young D.C., Liston R.M., Baskett T.F. Maternal Health Study Group of the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System, Investigation of an increase in postpartum haemorrhage in Canada. BJOG 2007, 114:751-759.
17. The Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health (CEMACH) Saving mothers lives: reviewing maternal deaths to make childhood safer 2007, CEMACH, London, 2003-2005.
18. Knight M., Callaghan W.M., Berg C., Alexander S., Bouvier-Colle M.-H., Ford J.B., et al. International trends in post-partum hemorrhage: a review and recommendations from the International Postpartum Hemorrhage Collaborative Group. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2009, 9:55.
19. Leduc D., Senikas V., Lalonde A.B., Ballerman C., Biringer A., Delaney M., et al. Clinical Practice Obstetrics Committee. Active management of the third stage of labour: prevention and treatment of postpartum hemorrhage. J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2009, 31:980-983.
20. Wen S.W., Huang L., Liston R., Heaman M., Baskett T., Rusen I.D., et al. Severe maternal morbidity in Canada, 1991-2001. CMAJ 2005, 173:759-764.
21. Anada Health C. Special report on maternal mortality and severe mobidity in Canada. Enhanced surveillance: the path to prevention 2004, Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, Ottawa.
22. Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). International statistical classification of diseases and related health problems. 10th rev. (CCICD-10). Ottawa: CIHI; 2009. Available at:. Accessed December 21, 2009. http://secure.cihi.ca/cihiweb/en/downloads/ICD10CA_V012_2009.pdf.
23. Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). Canadian classification of interventions. Ottawa: CIHI; 2009. Available at: Accessed December 21, 2009. http://secure.cihi.ca/cihiweb/dispPage.jsp?cw_page=codingclass_cci_e.
24. Joseph K.S., Liu S., Wu J., Rouleau J., Kirby R., Kramer M.S., et al. Severe maternal morbidity in Canada, 2003 to 2007: Surveillance using routine hospitalization data and ICD-10 codes. J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2010, 32:837-846.
25. Joseph K.S., Fahey J., Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System Validation of perinatal data in the Discharge Abstract Database of the Canadian Institute for Health Information. Chronic Dis Can 2009, 29:96-100.
26. Liu S., Liston R.M., Joseph K.S., Heaman M., Sauve R., Kramer M.S. Maternal mortality and severe morbidity associated with low-risk planned cesarean delivery versus planned vaginal delivery at term. CMAJ 2007, 176:455-460.
27. Kramer M.S., Rouleau J., Baskett T.F., Joseph K.S. Amniotic-fluid embolism and medical induction of labour: a retrospective, population-based cohort study. Lancet 2006, 368:1444-1448.
28. Roberts C.L., Cameron C.A., Bell J.C., Algert C.S., Morris J.M. Measuring maternal morbidity in routinely collected health data: development and validation of a maternal morbidity outcome indicator. Med Care 2008, 46:786-794.
29. Gray C. Long before Krever's report, blood scare had changed face of medicine. CMAJ 1998, 158:89-91.
30. Roberts C.L., Ford J.B., Thompson J.F., Morris J.M. Population rates of haemorrhage and transfusions among obstetric patients in NSW: a short communication. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 2009, 49:296-298.
31. Roberts CL, Ford JB, Algert CS, Bell JC, Simpson JM, Morris JM. Trends in adverse maternal outcomes during childbirth: a population-based study of severe maternal morbidity. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2009;9:7. Published online 2009 February 25. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-9-7. Available at:. Accessed July 13, 2010. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2653462/?tool=pubmed.