Nationwide confidential enquiries into maternal deaths because of obstetric hemorrhage in the Netherlands between 2006 and 2019.
Paul I RamlerIngrid C M BeenakkersKitty W M BloemenkampJohanna van der BomBabette A M Braams-LismanJérôme M J CornetteAthanasios F KallianidisSimone M I KuppensAnna L RietveldTimme P SchaapJoke M SchutteJelle StekelenburgJoost J ZwartThomas van den AkkerPublished in: Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica (2022)
The obstetric hemorrhage-related MMR in the Netherlands in 2006-2019 has not substantially changed compared to the MMR of the previous enquiry in 1993-2005. Although obstetric hemorrhage is commonly encountered by maternity care professionals, it is important to remain vigilant for possible adverse maternal outcomes and act upon an ongoing bleeding following birth in a more timely and adequate manner. Our confidential enquiries still led to important lessons learned with clinical advice to professionals as how to improve maternity care and avoid maternal deaths. Drawing lessons from maternal deaths should remain a qualitative and moral imperative.