BACKGROUND One of the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals of 2000 was to reduce maternal mortality by 75% in 15 y; however, this challenge was not met by many industrialized countries. As average maternal age continues to rise in these countries, associated potentially life-threatening severe maternal morbidity has been understudied. Our primary objective was to examine the association...

Objective To evaluate the associations between number of chronic conditions and maternal race ethnicity (race) with risk severe morbidity. Methods Using National Inpatient Sample, Healthcare Cost Utilization Project, Agency for Research Quality, years 2016-2017, we examined morbidity among 1,480,925 delivery hospitalizations women different races numbers comorbid using multivariable logistic re...

Aims: To determine prevalence, causes and factors leading to severe acute maternal morbidity mortality during COVID 19 pandemic.
 Methods: The was a cross sectional observational study conducted in the department of Obstetrics Gynaecology Manipal teaching hospital from March 2020 February 2022 amid pandemic. Women who sustained (according World health organization organ system criteria) de...

the uterine rupture during pregnancy is a catastrophic condition resulting in both maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. it occurs in nearly 1% of patients with previous cesarean sections. however, uterine rupture at the site of previous iatrogenic perforation which is spontaneously healed or repaired is less reported. we present a 29-year-old woman, gravida 3 para 1, at 20 weeks of g...