Sentences with phrase «serious obstetric complications»

Preterm birth, a delivery before 37 weeks of gestation, is one of the most serious obstetric complications affecting around 15 million pregnancies worldwide with more than one million newborn deaths each year due to complications of prematurity.

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D. B. Scott and B. M. Hibbard, «Serious Non-Fatal Complications Associated with Extradural Block in Obstetric Practice,» Br J Anaesth 64, no. 5 (1990): 537 — 541.

Inclusion criteria (mother): Hong Kong Chinese primiparas, ≥ 18 years old, intending to breastfeed, and without any major obstetric complications (i.e. severe postpartum haemorrhage) or serious medical problems (i.e. psychiatric illness)

However, because serious complications related to obstetric anesthesia are so rare, there were too few complications in each category to identify risk factors associated with each complication.

Using data from the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology's (SOAP's) Serious Complication Repository (SCORE) project — a large, comprehensive database that systematically captures delivery statistics and tracks complications — the authors identified more than 257,000 deliveries (including both vaginal and cesarean) where epidural, spinal or general anesthesia was administered during childbirth.