«Reduction of the most common cause of maternal death worldwide: Study looks at ways to prevent
obstetric hemorrhage.»
The California Partnership for Maternal Safety project focused on scaling up safety initiatives to engage 126 California hospitals (with over 250,000 annual births) to improve outcomes from
obstetric hemorrhage.
American medicine routinely cures previously deadly conditions like appendicitis, ectopic pregnancies and
obstetric hemorrhage.
Not exact matches
There were no differences in rates of postpartum
hemorrhage among the 3 groups, but the only 2 cases of
obstetric shock occurred in the home birth group.
Women in the planned home - birth group were significantly less likely than those who planned a midwife - attended hospital birth to have
obstetric interventions (e.g., electronic fetal monitoring, relative risk [RR] 0.32, 95 % CI 0.29 — 0.36; assisted vaginal delivery, RR 0.41, 95 % 0.33 — 0.52) or adverse maternal outcomes (e.g., third - or fourth - degree perineal tear, RR 0.41, 95 % CI 0.28 — 0.59; postpartum
hemorrhage, RR 0.62, 95 % CI 0.49 — 0.77).
Ecorazzi agrees with the claim of «scare tactics,» noting that the AMA resolution states that women who choose to birth at home put themselves at risk of «maternal
hemorrhage, shoulder dystocia, eclampsia or other
obstetric emergencies,» adding «nothing like taking away choices from people — or scaring the hell out of them into going your way.»
UK data on postpartum
hemorrhage, including data from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, were obtained from the UK
Obstetric Surveillance System (UKOSS) survey of
hemorrhage - associated peripartum hysterectomy [12].