The Ethical Obligation to Prevent Maternal Mortality during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond
Donald School Journal of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
; 17(1):67-70, 2023.
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Dans Anglais
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-2315028
ABSTRACT
The United States of America (USA) has the highest maternal mortality rate of all high-income countries, with over 80% found to be preventable. After leveling off around 2015, maternal mortality rates in the USA further increased due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) related deaths starting in 2020 by about 20% from about 17-18/100,000 live births to about 24/100,000 live births with about one in seven maternal deaths due to COVID-19 infections. The vast majority of COVID-19-related maternal deaths were among unvaccinated pregnant patients. A total of 11% of postpartum maternal deaths were found to be associated with mental health issues, with the remainder usually due to medical issues such as hemorrhage and hypertension. As physicians, we have the ethical obligation to address perinatal and maternal mortality, especially preventable maternal mortalities, reduce the discrepancy between different races and ethnicities, recommend COVID-19 vaccinations, and develop approaches to address the causes.Copyright © The Author(s). 2023.
covid-19; Hemorrhage; Maternal deaths; Maternal mortality; Mental health; Preeclampsia; Thromboembolism; United States; adult; bleeding; clinical article; coronavirus disease 2019; ethnicity; female; high income country; human; hypertension; live birth; maternal death; pandemic; physician; pregnancy; prevention; race; review; vaccination
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Donald School Journal of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
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2023
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