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Table 6 Adverse Delivery Outcomes among Women with SMM

From: A global view of severe maternal morbidity: moving beyond maternal mortality

Author

City/State, Country

SMM Definition

Adverse Delivery outcomea

Estimated Prevalenceb

Adeoye 2013 [66]

Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Filippi et al. 2005

Fetal death

28.4

Low birth weight

44.4

Pretermc

41.3

Koch [38]

Illinois, United States

ICU admission, ≥4 units packed red blood cells

Fetal death

8.9

NICU

39.7

Apgar < 7

16.9

Low birth weight

31.2

Preterm

38.1

Lawton 2017 [personal communication]

New Zealand

ICU/HDU admission

Fetal death

5.1

NICU

44.1

Preterm

38.5

Jakobsson 2015 [65]

Finland

abnormally invasive placenta, uterine rupture, emergency peripartum hysterectomy

Fetal death

7.5

NICU

31.2

Apgar < 7

19

Low birth weight

16.1

Preterm

22.3

Nakimuli 2015 [85]

Kampala, Uganda

WHO

Fetal death

12.0

NICU

18.4

Low birth weight

15.8

Nardello 2017 [68]

Aracaju, Brazil

WHO

Fetal death

8.9

NICU

41.8

Apgar < 7

12.5

Low birth weight

36.7

Preterm

38

Oliveira 2013 [114]

Recife, Brazil

WHO

Fetal death

19.5

Apgar < 7

9.0

  1. aAdverse delivery outcomes are defined as:
  2. • 5 min Apgar score < 7
  3. • birthweight less than 2500 g
  4. • < 37 weeks gestational age
  5. bpercent of SMM cases with adverse delivery outcome
  6. c < 38 weeks gestational age at delivery