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High-Risk Pregnancy

High-Risk Pregnancy

Sep 30, 2006

In a high-risk (at-risk) pregnancy, the mother, fetus, or neonate is at increased risk of morbidity or mortality before or after delivery.

In the US, overall maternal mortality rate is 6/100,000 deliveries; incidence is 3 to 4 times higher in nonwhite women. The most common causes of death are hemorrhage, pregnancy-induced hypertension, Pulmonary embolism, and infection .

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