Table 2a.
Incidence (%) of Severe Maternal Morbidity by Fertility Group
| Infertile | Fertile | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment | Diagnosis | Testing | ||
| N, deliveries | 7,113 | 11,548 | 997 | 525,695 |
| Severe maternal morbidity indicator | ||||
| Any severe maternal morbidity indicator (%) | 7.00 | 6.40 | 5.48 | 4.31 |
| Acute myocardial infarction | * | * | * | 0.01 |
| Acute renal failure | * | 0.10 | * | 0.08 |
| Acute respiratory distress | 0.34 | 0.22 | * | 0.14 |
| Amniotic fluid embolism | * | * | * | 0.02 |
| Aneurysm | * | * | * | 0.01 |
| Cardiac arrest or ventricular fibrillation | * | * | * | 0.01 |
| Disseminated intravascular coagulation | 1.19 | 0.75 | * | 0.44 |
| Eclampsia | 0.41 | 0.36 | * | 0.22 |
| Heart failure during procedure or surgery | 0.35 | 0.40 | * | 0.17 |
| Internal injuries of the thorax, abdomen, or pelvis | 0.18 | 0.16 | * | 0.09 |
| Intracranial injuries | * | * | * | 0.02 |
| Puerperal cardiovascular disorders | 0.61 | 0.75 | * | 0.40 |
| Pulmonary edema | 0.21 | 0.22 | * | 0.08 |
| Severe anesthesia complications | * | * | * | 0.07 |
| Sepsis | 0.17 | 0.11 | * | 0.14 |
| Shock | 0.20 | 0.10 | * | 0.07 |
| Sickle cell anemia with crisis | * | * | * | 0.01 |
| Thrombotic embolism | 0.28 | 0.31 | * | 0.13 |
| Blood transfusion | 1.51 | 1.05 | 1.11 | 0.65 |
| Cardiology monitoring | 2.90 | 3.07 | 2.13 | 2.24 |
| Conversion of cardiac rhythm | * | * | * | 0.01 |
| Hysterectomy | 0.30 | 0.16 | * | 0.09 |
| Operations on the heart and pericardium | 0.23 | 0.15 | * | 0.10 |
| Temporary tracheostomy | * | * | * | ** |
| Ventilation | 0.30 | 0.32 | * | 0.22 |
| Intubation | * | * | * | 0.04 |
*
<11 cases, true value not reported per data usage agreement