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Marie-Hélène Bouvier-Colle

Researcher at French Institute of Health and Medical Research

Publications -  117
Citations -  6138

Marie-Hélène Bouvier-Colle is an academic researcher from French Institute of Health and Medical Research. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Pregnancy. The author has an hindex of 39, co-authored 116 publications receiving 5753 citations. Previous affiliations of Marie-Hélène Bouvier-Colle include Paris Descartes University & University of Paris.

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Postpartum maternal mortality and cesarean delivery.

TL;DR: Cesarean delivery was associated with a significantly increased risk of maternal death from complications of anesthesia, puerperal infection, and venous thromboembolism, and the risk of death from postpartum hemorrhage did not differ significantly between vaginal and cesareans.
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Severe maternal morbidity from direct obstetric causes in West Africa: incidence and case fatality rates

TL;DR: The proposed operational definitions of severe maternal morbidity and the frequency of such morbidity as revealed in a population-based survey of a cohort of 20,326 pregnant women in six West African countries suggest at least 3-9% of pregnant women required essential obstetric care.