Severe Maternal Morbidity and Risk of Mortality Beyond the Postpartum Period

OBJECTIVE: To examine long-term risks of mortality after a pregnancy complicated by severe maternal morbidity. METHODS: We analyzed a longitudinal cohort of 1,229,306 women who delivered in the province of Quebec, Canada from 1989 through 2016. Severe maternal morbidity included conditions such as cerebrovascular accidents, acute renal failure, severe preeclampsia, and other life-threatening complications. The outcome was in-hospital mortality...