Collins Helen E
Department of Medicine, Division of Environmental Medicine, Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute, Center for Cardiometabolic Science, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States.
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2025 Mar 1;328(3):H433-H440. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00751.2024. Epub 2025 Jan 20.
Maternal mortality rates in the US have been increasing steadily over the past decade, with rates significantly increased versus the rest of the developed world, despite the vast healthcare infrastructure. The purpose of this paper is to discuss key areas that need to be addressed within basic science, clinical, and community-based settings to help promote increased education, research, and awareness of specific pregnancy-associated changes that can occur during both healthy and complicated pregnancies. Through increased awareness, we can promote healthier pregnancies and not only help to reduce maternal mortality rates but also improve the long-term cardiovascular outcomes in mothers and their children.
在过去十年中，美国的孕产妇死亡率一直在稳步上升，尽管拥有庞大的医疗保健基础设施，但与其他发达国家相比，这一比率仍显著提高。本文的目的是讨论在基础科学、临床和社区环境中需要解决的关键领域，以帮助促进对健康和复杂妊娠期间可能发生的特定妊娠相关变化的教育、研究和认识。通过提高认识，我们可以促进更健康的妊娠，不仅有助于降低孕产妇死亡率，还能改善母亲及其子女的长期心血管结局。
