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A review of 2015 publications highlights increasing maternal complexity and mortality in the United States, prompting new guidelines and risk-based classifications to improve obstetric safety.
Highlights the increasing medical complexity of obstetric patients, including cardiovascular diseases, and emphasizes the need for comprehensive safety systems and risk-based classification of delivery centers.
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Supports multidisciplinary cardio-obstetric care for complex pregnancies; leaves open optimal risk-based delivery center classification.
Philip E. Hess (2016) conducted a review in Obstetric anesthesia and maternal mortality/morbidity. A review of 2015 publications highlights increasing maternal complexity and mortality in the United States, prompting new guidelines and risk-based classifications to improve obstetric safety.
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