Critical care obstetrics: No solo heroes
Tucker, Danny, and Freestun, Melissa (2024) Critical care obstetrics: No solo heroes. Case Reports in Women's Health, 41. e00591.
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Abstract
[Extract] Professor Marian Knight, maternal reporting lead at MBRRACE-UK, stated last month, “The UK maternal death rate has returned to levels that we have not seen for the past 20 years. The 2023 MBRRACE-UK maternal confidential enquiry report identified clear examples of maternity systems under pressure…”. The maternal death rate in the UK was 13.4 per 100,000 pregnancies in 2020–22. This is substantially higher than 8.79 per 100,000 in the preceding 3-year period and remains higher after excluding COVID-19-related deaths.
A similar rise is evident in the United States. Severe maternal morbidity—defined as unexpected birth outcomes that result in significant consequences to a woman's health—has doubled between 1993 and 2014. Preventability of maternal deaths and severe outcomes highlights the need for awareness and timely intervention in high-risk and critical care obstetric patients.
| Item ID: | 87306 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Editorial) |
| ISSN: | 2214-9112 |
| Keywords: | Critical care, Obstetrics |
| Copyright Information: | © 2024 The Author. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Jan 2026 02:19 |
| FoR Codes: | 32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES > 3215 Reproductive medicine > 321502 Obstetrics and gynaecology @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 20 HEALTH > 2002 Evaluation of health and support services > 200206 Health system performance (incl. effectiveness of programs) @ 100% |
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