Objective To quantify the incidence of severe maternal morbidity in Scotland and determine
the feasibility of doing so. Design Prospective observational study. Setting All 22 consultant …

Objective To test the application of a clinical definition of severe acute maternal morbidity.
Design A one‐year prospective descriptive multi‐centre study. Setting Kalafong and Pretoria …

Background: Although death rates are often used to monitor the quality of health care, in
industrialized countries maternal deaths have become rare. Severe maternal morbidity has …

Background Both maternal mortality rate and severe maternal morbidity rate have risen
significantly in the United Sates. Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …

Using a provincial perinatal database for 15 years, 1988–2002. Cases were identified with
one or more of the following markers of severe maternal morbidity: blood transfusion⩾ 5 …

In the last 20 years, in developed countries, maternal mortality rates have fallen such that
analysis of cases of severe maternal morbidity is necessary to provide sufficient numbers to …

Maternal mortality in high income countries has become low in recent years and therefore
analysis of severe acute maternal morbidity has been added to confidential enquiries into …

Although obstetric complications are sometimes presented as a relatively easy alternative to
maternal deaths, difficulties remain in their definition and identification, and there is limited …

Background Maternal mortality is too rare in high income countries to be used as a marker of
the quality of maternity care. Consequently severe maternal morbidity has been suggested …

Frequency of and Factors Associated With Severe Maternal Mor... : Obstetrics & Gynecology
Frequency of and Factors Associated With Severe Maternal Morbidity : Obstetrics & Gynecology …