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May 5, 2001BMJOpen Access

Incidence and predictors of severe obstetric morbidity: case-control studyCommentary: Obstetric morbidity data and the need to evaluate thromboembolic disease

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Population

48,865 women who delivered between 1 March 1997 and 28 February 1998 in 19 maternity units within the South…

Design

Case-control

Authors

MWMark Waterstone

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Overview

Alerts clinicians to substantial obstetric risk; extends case-control data on hemorrhage and hypertensive morbidity without guiding interventions.

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Population
48,865 women who delivered between 1 March 1997 and 28 February 1998 in 19 maternity units within the South East Thames region and six neighbouring hospitals
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Outcome
Incidence of severe obstetric morbidityhard clinical

Severe obstetric morbidity occurs in approximately 1.2% of deliveries, with two-thirds related to severe hemorrhage and one-third to hypertensive disorders, and is strongly associated with factors such as older maternal age, non-white ethnicity, and cesarean section.

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Mark Waterstone (2001) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7f2d45077f96d3d20dfd43https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1089
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