Maternal mortality in the United States: predictability and the impact of protocols on fatal postcesarean pulmonary embolism and hypertension-related intracranial hemorrhage

Disease-specific protocols are beneficial in the reduction of maternal death because of hypertensive disease and postoperative pulmonary embolism. From 2-6 women die annually in the United States because of cesarean delivery itself. A reduction in deaths from postpartum hemorrhage should be the priority for maternal death prevention efforts in coming years in the United States.