Doctor mom breaks down maternal mortality on a personal level and addresses c-section rates, US mortality rates, and Philip DeFranco's video about the Maternal Mortality Crisis. I made this in an effort to reduce fear I see in my patients, because there is already too much fear around birth, and to bring awareness to this massive issue in the United States and some of the common misconceptions and overlooked points.
Philip DeFranco Video: https://youtu.be/05KhmcGFpWw
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SOURCES
Cesarean Trends: http://www.nationalpartnership.org/our-work/resources/health-care/maternity/cesarean-section-trends-1989-2014.pdf
Australian Institute of Health & Welfare: https://www.aihw.gov.au/getmedia/728e7dc2-ced6-47b7-addd-befc9d95af2d/aihw-per-91-inbrief.pdf.aspx?inline=true
Global Epidemiology of Cesarean Trends: https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8603423/file/8603424
Canadian Institute for Health Information: https://www.cihi.ca/en/c-section-rates-continue-to-increase-while-birth-rates-decline
European Data: https://data.oecd.org/healthcare/caesarean-sections.htm
Global Data: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4743929/
Lancet Article on C-Sections: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(15)70111-7/fulltext
European Data: https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1471-0528.13284
Pregnancy Mortality Ascertainment (US): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21691169
Pregnancy Related Mortality (US): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12576252
Racial Disparities: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29528919