Risk factors for progression from severe maternal morbidity to death: a national cohort study.

Women continue to die unnecessarily during or after pregnancy in the developed world. The aim of this analysis was to compare women with severe maternal morbidities who survived with those who died, to quantify the risk associated with identified factors to inform policy and practice to improve surv...

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Main Authors: Gilles Kayem, Jennifer Kurinczuk, Gwyneth Lewis, Shona Golightly, Peter Brocklehurst, Marian Knight
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3247232?pdf=render