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What is the rate of maternal mortality?
1 each second; >500,000 per year
What are the main causes of maternal mortality?
Intra-partum / peripartum complications
Self-diagnosis of active labor
Recommendation: I
Quality: Poor
Comment: Less visits to L&D suite
X-ray pelvimetry
Recommendation: D
Quality: Good
Comment: Higher CD
Home births
Recommendation: I
Quality: Poor
Comment: No trials
Home-like births
Recommendation: D
Quality: Good
Comment: Trend for higher perinatal mortality
Midwife vs conventional care
Recommendation: C
Quality: Good
Comment: 1/100 less CD, 1/1000 more perinatal mortality
Teamwork training
Recommendation: I
Quality: Fair
Comment: One cluster RCT: no effect
Delayed admission
Recommendation: B
Quality: Fair
Comment: Trend for less CD
Fetal heart rate tracing
Recommendation: C
Quality: Good
Comment: Similar neonatal outcomes
Estimate of fetal weight
Recommendation: I
Quality: Poor
Comment: No effect on outcome
Amniotic fluid volume testing
Recommendation: D
Quality: Good
Comment: Similar neonatal outcomes