Findings From Severe Maternal Morbidity Surveillance and Review in Maryland.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In the US, more than 50 000 women experience severe maternal morbidity (SMM) each year, and the SMM rate more than doubled during the past 25 years. In response, professional organizations called for birthing facilities to routinely identify and review SMM events and identify prevention opportunities.

Objective

To examine SMM levels, primary causes, and factors associated with the preventability of SMM using Maryland's SMM surveillance and review program.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study included pregnant and postpartum patients at 42 days or less after delivery who were hospitalized at 1 of 6 birthing hospitals in Maryland between August 1, 2020, and November 30, 2021. Hospital-based SMM surveillance was conducted through a deta

SUBMITTER: Wolfson C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9709651 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature