NSG 3111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Nursing Care Plan, Mnemonic, Blood Vessel
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Phac definition: # of women who experience severe life-threatening morbidity per. Includes: disease-specific (e. g. eclampsia), intervention specific (e. g. blood transfusion), and, organ dysfunction-based (e. g. acute renal failure). Pregnancy related mortality rate (phac, 2017; who, 2012) (cid:498) the death of a woman while pregnant or within (cid:886)(cid:884) days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the cause of death (obstetric and non-obstetric(cid:524). (cid:499) (pregnancies includes: hospital births, ectopic pregnancies, miscarriages and terminations) Traditionally, the loss of: > 500 ml of blood during a vaginal birth or, > 1000 ml during a caesarean birth. instability. Revised to: any blood loss that has the potential to cause hemodynamic. Pp( is a potentially (cid:498) life-threatening event that can occur with little warning & is often unrecognized until the mother has profound symptoms(cid:499) (cid:498)pp( is among the leading causes of maternal death worldwide(cid:499) (cid:523)perry et al. ,