Severe maternal morbidity surveillance: Monitoring pregnant women at high risk for prolonged hospitalisation and death.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is no international consensus on the definition and components of severe maternal morbidity (SMM).

Objectives

To propose a comprehensive definition of SMM, to create an empirically justified list of SMM types and subtypes, and to use this to examine SMM in Canada.

Methods

Severe maternal morbidity was defined as a set of heterogeneous maternal conditions known to be associated with severe illness and with prolonged hospitalisation or high case fatality. Candidate SMM types/subtypes were evaluated using information on all hospital deliveries in Canada (excluding Quebec), 2006-2015. SMM rates for 2012-2016 were quantified as a composite and as SMM types/subtypes. Rate ratios and population attributable fractions (PAF) associated with overall and specifi

SUBMITTER: Dzakpasu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7383693 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature