Re: Homebirths

From: Dr Eberhard W Lisse (el@ac.lisse.na)
Sat Mar 20 23:06:25 2004


Steve,

In message <405CD1ED.7030105@intekom.co.za>, Steve & Eryl Raymond writes:

> Dr. Lisse's comment that "PIH doesn't exist in midwifery" was in
> response to a statement by someone that maternal mortality was due to
> infection and haemorrhage, without mentioning the biggest of all which
> is hypertensive disease.

Google is your friend:

31% in Region 4 (wherever that is) of the Philipines for 2001 (where they seem to have managed to reduce the post partum haemorrhage death rate by half in one year).

17.5% in Los Angeles County in 1994-96

16% in Massachusetts 1995-1998

Something like 6% in the UK

Something like 3% in Germany.

0% in Queensland.

And to the Wannabe:

>> HOWEVER, despite the earlier assertions of Dr. Lisse, midwives in
>> this country, almost universally without regard to their path of
>> entry into the field, absolutely are skilled in taking blood
>> pressures, urinalysis, and there is no basis for his statement
>> claiming that 'PIH doesn't exist in midwifery.'

What assertions? (And plural, nog al!) I didn't write anything about taking blood pressures.

Just the oppsite, dump them quickly onto the nearest Obgyn so they don't mess with your fine statistics, which I only trust if I forged them myself.

el





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