Hospital delivery volume, severe obstetrical morbidity, and failure to rescue

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 215, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 795.e1-795.e14

  Friedman, Alexander M ^a   Ananth, Cande V ^a,b   Huang, Yongmei ^a   D'Alton, Mary E ^a   Wright, Jason D ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

failure to rescue; hospital delivery volume; severe obstetrical morbidity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CESAREAN SECTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; ECLAMPSIA; FAILURE TO RESCUE (HEALTH CARE); FEMALE; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; ORGAN INJURY; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTOR; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THALASSEMIA; UNITED STATES; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; YOUNG ADULT; ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COMA; DELIRIUM; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEART FAILURE; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; PULMONARY EDEMA; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STATUS ASTHMATICUS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADULT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COMA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DELIRIUM; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; FAILURE TO RESCUE, HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; PULMONARY EDEMA; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK; STATUS ASTHMATICUS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84995480948     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2016.07.039     Document Type: Article

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