Table 2 Severe maternal morbidity diagnoses: all patients with severe maternal morbidity, those admitted to ICU, and those dying
Individual indicator of several maternal morbidity | No. (%) of patients with the individual severe maternal morbidity indicator among the 50,012 severe maternal morbidity events | No. (%) of patients with an ICU admission with the individual severe maternal morbidity indicator | No. (%) of deaths among patients with the individual severe maternal morbidity indicator |
|---|---|---|---|
Postpartum hemorrhage or transfusion | 16,364 (0.52) | 1991 (12.71) | 42 (0.26) |
Sepsis | 11,557 (0.37) | 548 (4.74) | 21 (0.18) |
Myocardial infarction, failure, arrest, or pulmonary edema | 4483 (0.14) | 1041 (23.22) | 101 (2.25) |
Placental or uterine abruption and hemorrhage | 3758 (0.12) | 285 (7.58) | 12 (0.32) |
Embolization, ligation of pelvic or uterine vessels due to hemorrhage | 3015 (0.10) | 593 (19.67) | 6 (0.20) |
Subtotal open hysterectomy | 2868 (0.09) | 347 (12.10) | 11 (0.38) |
Eclampsia | 2170 (0.07) | 467 (21.52) | 3 (0.14) |
Mechanical ventilation | 2099 (0.07) | 1933 (92.09) | 115 (5.48) |
Repair of the bladder, urethra, or intestine | 2052 (0.06) | 64 (3.12) | 1 (0.05) |
Hysterectomy and postpartum hemorrhage | 1561 (0.05) | 728 (46.64) | 16 (1.02) |
Obstetric embolism | 1404 (0.04) | 268 (19.09) | 34 (2.42) |
Placenta previa with hemorrhage or blood transfusion | 1343 (0.04) | 238 (17.72) | 4 (0.30) |
Acute renal failure | 1116 (0.04) | 443 (39.70) | 45 (4.03) |
Obstetric shock | 1124 (0.04) | 533 (47.42) | 38 (3.38) |
Cardiomyopathy in the puerperium | 1058 (0.03) | 395 (37.33) | 9 (0.85) |
Evacuation of incisional hematoma | 1037 (0.03) | 47 (4.53) | 0 (0) |
Total open hysterectomy | 822 (0.03) | 387 (47.08) | 13 (1.58) |
Acute abdomen | 790 (0.02) | 77 (9.75) | 3 (0.38) |
Intrapartum hemorrhage and blood transfusion | 736 (0.02) | 135 (18.34) | 7 (0.95) |
Cesarean hysterectomy | 724 (0.02) | 186 (25.69) | 4 (0.55) |
Acute psychosis | 694 (0.02) | 16 (2.31) | 0 (0) |
Pulmonary, cardiac, and central nervous system complications of anesthesia | 390 (0.01) | 67 (17.18) | 3 (0.77) |
Cerebrovascular diseases: subarachnoid and intracranial hemorrhage, cerebral infarction, stroke | 331 (0.01) | 166 (50.15) | 30 (9.06) |
Disseminated intravascular coagulation | 281 (0.01) | 192 (68.33) | 14 (4.98) |
Adult respiratory distress syndrome | 252 (0.01) | 192 (76.19) | 12 (4.76) |
Dialysis | 202 (0.01) | 128 (63.37) | 22 (10.89) |
Hepatic failure | 114 (0.00) | 53 (46.49) | 14 (12.28) |
Cerebral venous thrombosis | 111 (0.01) | 29 (26.13) | 3 (2.70) |
Sickle cell anemia with crisis | 111 (0.01) | 8 (7.21) | 0 (0) |
Status epilepticus | 101 (0.00) | 43 (42.57) | 0 (0) |
Status asthmaticus | 76 (0.00) | 6 (7.89) | 1 (1.32) |
Coma | 64 (0.00) | 37 (57.81) | 6 (9.38) |
Death†| 41 (0.00) | 8 (19.51) | 16 (39.02) |