{"id":14,"date":"2017-07-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/why-so-many-pregnant-women-are-dying\/"},"modified":"2017-08-31T18:29:36","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T22:29:36","slug":"why-so-many-pregnant-women-are-dying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/why-so-many-pregnant-women-are-dying\/","title":{"rendered":"Why so many pregnant women are dying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When a woman discovers she is pregnant, the visits to her New York health care provider will typically become more and more frequent, the closer she gets to the birth. The standard examinations and tests allow the doctor to identify the most commonly occurring pregnancy issues. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/professional.heart.org\/idc\/groups\/ahamah-public\/@wcm\/@sop\/@smd\/documents\/downloadable\/ucm_478115.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">American Heart Association<\/a>, for many women, these are not enough.<\/p>\n<p>Research indicates that cardiac arrest kills approximately one out of every 12,000 American women who are admitted to the hospital for delivery. This does not include pregnant mothers who are not at the hospital when their heart malfunctions and stops beating. Researchers believe one problem is a lack of education for those who treat women suffering from cardiac arrest. For example, while CPR should be performed the same, a first responder, emergency room provider or staff member in the obstetrics department may not understand the minor differences in defibrillation protocols or other important details.<\/p>\n<p>The AHA points out that there are many contributors to the increasing number of <a href=\"http:\/\/news.heart.org\/statement-is-first-to-address-cardiac-arrest-during-pregnancy\/\" target=\"_blank\">pregnancy-related fatalities<\/a>, but statistics show cardiovascular disease is at the top of the list. This could be in part because of the number of high-risk pregnancies. The following health conditions could contribute to the likelihood of cardiac arrest:<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/why-so-many-pregnant-women-are-dying\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Why so many pregnant women are dying\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a woman discovers she is pregnant, the visits to her New York health care provider will typically become more and more frequent, the closer she gets to the birth. The standard examinations and tests allow the doctor to identify the most commonly occurring pregnancy issues. According to the American Heart Association, for many women, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-14","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-failure-to-diagnose","tag-failure-to-diagnose"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why so many pregnant women are dying &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; July 7, 2017<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Why so many pregnant women are dying - Failure to Diagnose - DeFrancisco &amp; Falgiatano Law Firm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/why-so-many-pregnant-women-are-dying\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Why so many pregnant women are dying &#8212; 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