Severe maternal morbidity and comorbid risk in hospitals performing <1000 deliveries per year

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 179.e1-179.e12

  Hehir, Mark P ^a   Ananth, Cande V ^a,b   Wright, Jason D ^a   Siddiq, Zainab ^a   D'Alton, Mary E ^a   Friedman, Alexander M ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

obstetric comorbidity; obstetric volume; severe morbidity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMORBIDITY ASSESSMENT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; OBSTETRIC PATIENT; ORGAN INJURY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COMA; DELIRIUM; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; HEART FAILURE; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; PULMONARY EDEMA; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STATUS ASTHMATICUS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADULT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COMA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DELIRIUM; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; PULMONARY EDEMA; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK; STATUS ASTHMATICUS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85010888151     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2016.10.029     Document Type: Article

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