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Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 7e
| Section 11. Obstetrics and Gynecology > |
Chapter 104. Emergencies after 20 Weeks of Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period
Sections: Emergencies after 20 Weeks of Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period: Introduction, Thromboembolic Disease of Pregnancy, Hypertension, Preeclampsia, Eclampsia, and HELLP Syndrome, Vaginal Bleeding in the Second Half of Pregnancy, Premature Rupture of Membranes and Preterm Birth, Postpartum Hemorrhage, Uterine Rupture, Amniotic Fluid Embolus, Peripartum Cardiomyopathy, Postpartum Endometritis, Transfer of the Pregnant Patient and the Emergency Medical Treatment in Active Labor Act, Acknowledgment, References.
Topics Discussed: complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium; pregnancy complications.
Excerpt:"The estimated number of live births in the U.S. in 2007 was 14.16
per 1000 population; the majority of these were after healthy pregnancies
that led to healthy births. Maternal mortality has decreased from
850 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 1900 to 7.5 maternal
deaths per 100,000 live births in 1982. Since 1982, however, there
have been no further decreases in maternal mortality rates. The
goal of Healthy People 2010 is no more than 3.3 maternal deaths
per 100,000 live births per year.1..."
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