User:Millerbj1837/Maternal Mortality

In the year 2017, 810 women died from preventable causes that were related to pregnancy and birth. It was also estimated that 94% of maternal deaths occurred in developing countries in the same year.

In the United States specifically, maternal mortality is still a prevalent issue in health care. From the year 2003 to 2013, only 8 countries worldwide saw an increase of the maternal mortality rate. The United States was included in this group, seeing an increase in the pregnancy-related mortality ratio over the past 3 decades. Looking at the years 1990-2013 at a world-wide perspective, the United States of America was the only country to see an increase of the maternal mortality rate over this time period.

There are racial disparities present when considering maternal mortality in the United States, with black women being 3 to 4 times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications in comparison to white, Asian, and Hispanic women. The causes of death amongst these women were also different, some being more unconventional like hypertension and venous thromboembolisms.

In a retrospective study done across several countries in 2007, the cause of death and causal relationship to the mode of delivery in pregnant women was examined from the years 2000 to 2006. It was discovered that the excess maternal death rate of women who experienced a pulmonary embolism was casually related to undergoing a cesarean delivery. There was also an association found between neuraxial anesthesia, more commonly known as an epidural, and an increased risk for an epidural hematoma. Both of these risks could be reduced by the institution of graduated compression, whether by compression stockings or a compression device. There is also speculation that eliminating the concept of elective cesarean sections in the United States would significantly lower the maternal death rate.


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 * 3) ^ Clark, Steven (July 2008). "Maternal death in the 21st century: causes, prevention, and relationship to cesarean delivery". American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 199 (1): 36.1–36.5. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2008.03.007. PMID 18455140 . Retrieved November 12, 2020.

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