Cardiac Arrest During Delivery Hospitalization : A Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Estimates of cardiac arrest occurring during delivery guide evidence-based strategies to reduce pregnancy-related death.

Objective

To investigate rate of, maternal characteristics associated with, and survival after cardiac arrest during delivery hospitalization.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

U.S. acute care hospitals, 2017 to 2019.

Participants

Delivery hospitalizations among women aged 12 to 55 years included in the National Inpatient Sample database.

Measurements

Delivery hospitalizations, cardiac arrest, underlying medical conditions, obstetric outcomes, and severe maternal complications were identified using codes from the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Clinical Modification. Survival to hospi

SUBMITTER: Ford ND 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10264156 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature