Severe Maternal Morbidity and Maternal Mortality in Women With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Despite increased attention on severe maternal morbidity and maternal mortality, scant research exists on adverse maternal outcomes in women with disabilities. This study compares the rates of severe maternal morbidity and maternal mortality in women with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Methods

This study used 2004-2017 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample data. Analyses were conducted in 2019‒2020. The risk of severe maternal morbidity with and without blood transfusion and maternal mortality during delivery among women with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities were compared using modified Poisson regression analysis.

Results

This study identified 32,324 deliveries to women with i

SUBMITTER: Mitra M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8608722 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature