Reports and Publications

Reports

• The California Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review Report: Pregnancy- Associated Suicide, 2002-2012. Sacramento: California Department of Public Health, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Division. 2019
• The California Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review.  Report from 2002-2007 Maternal Death Reviews. Sacramento: California Department of Public Health, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Division. 2018

Publications

• Morton CH, VanOtterloo LR, Seacrist MJ, Main EK. Translating Maternal Mortality Review Into Quality Improvement Opportunities in Response to Pregnancy-Related Deaths in California. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2019 May;48(3):252-262. doi: 10.1016/j.jogn.2019.03.003. Epub 2019 Apr 11. PMID: 30981725.
  
• Morton CH, Seacrist MJ, VanOtterloo LR, Main EK. Quality Improvement Opportunities Identified Through Case Review of Pregnancy-Related Deaths From Preeclampsia/Eclampsia. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2019 May;48(3):275-287. doi: 10.1016/j.jogn.2019.02.008. Epub 2019 Apr 10. PMID: 30980787.
• Seacrist MJ, Morton CH, VanOtterloo LR, Main EK. Quality Improvement Opportunities Identified Through Case Review of Pregnancy-Related Deaths From Sepsis. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2019 May;48(3):311-320. doi: 10.1016/j.jogn.2019.02.007. Epub 2019 Apr 8. PMID: 30974075.
• Seacrist MJ, VanOtterloo LR, Morton CH, Main EK. Quality Improvement Opportunities Identified Through Case Review of Pregnancy-Related Deaths From Obstetric Hemorrhage. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2019 May;48(3):288-299. doi: 10.1016/j.jogn.2019.03.002. Epub 2019 Apr 11. PMID: 30981726.
• VanOtterloo LR, Seacrist MJ, Morton CH, Main EK. Quality Improvement Opportunities Identified Through Case Review of Pregnancy-Related Deaths From Venous Thromboembolism. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2019 May;48(3):300-310. doi: 10.1016/j.jogn.2019.02.006. Epub 2019 Apr 12. PMID: 30986370.
• VanOtterloo LR, Morton CH, Seacrist MJ, Main EK. Quality Improvement Opportunities Identified Through Case Review of Pregnancy-Related Deaths From Cardiovascular Disease. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2019 May;48(3):263-274. doi: 10.1016/j.jogn.2019.03.001. Epub 2019 Apr 15. PMID: 30998902.
• Judy AE, McCain CL, Lawton ES, Morton CH, Main EK, Druzin ML. Systolic Hypertension, Preeclampsia-Related Mortality, and Stroke in California. Obstet Gynecol. 2019 Jun;133(6):1151-1159. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000003290. PMID: 31135728.
• Hameed AB, Lawton ES, McCain CL, Morton CH, Mitchell C, Main EK, Foster E. Pregnancy-related cardiovascular deaths in California: beyond peripartum cardiomyopathy. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2015 Sep;213(3):379.e1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2015.05.008. Epub 2015 May 13. PMID: 25979616.
• Main EK, McCain CL, Morton CH, Holtby S, Lawton ES. Pregnancy-related mortality in California: causes, characteristics, and improvement opportunities. Obstet Gynecol. 2015 Apr;125(4):938-947. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000000746. PMID: 25751214.
• Mitchell C, Lawton E, Morton C, McCain C, Holtby S, Main E. California Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review: mixed methods approach for improved case identification, cause of death analyses and translation of findings. Matern Child Health J. 2014 Apr;18(3):518-26. doi: 10.1007/s10995-013-1267-0. PMID: 23584929.