N C Cruz, E Pham, H Ali, J Nanavati, D Steppan, T M Kolb, A J Thomas, J Murphy, S Nyhan, M C Grant, J Steppan
Women with pulmonary hypertension (PH) have increased mortality during pregnancy and the peripartum period. An increasing number of publications suggest improvements in maternal outcomes, so we conducted a systematic review focusing on disease severity and maternal survival. After screening 9097 potential studies from 1967 to 2021, we identified 66 relevant publications. Outcomes improved continuously over time and mortality fell from 11.6% in studies published before 2015 to 8.2% in studies published after 2015...
April 30, 2024: International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia