Reducing Severe Maternal Morbidity for Birthing Persons With Severe Hypertension Through a Statewide Quality Improvement Initiative
(Abstracted from Am J Obstet Gynecol 2025;232:128.e1–128.e9 In the United States, severe maternal hypertension contributes to 20.5% of severe maternal morbidity (SMM) and 9% of maternal deaths. Yet, statewide reviews of maternal morbidity have found that most maternal deaths associated with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are preventable.
Authors
- William A. Grobman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3979-0738)
- Patricia Lee King
- Ann Borders (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3373-0619)
- Elissa H. Oh
- Lauren Keenan‐Devlin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7908-2971)
- Danielle Young
Institutions
- Norwegian Womens Public Health Association (NO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey
- Published
- 2025-07-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ogx.0001125084.69009.16
- Primary Topic
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00