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The vast field of sleep medicine is always evolving. Listen to Talking Sleep, a podcast of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), to keep up on the latest developments in clinical sleep medicine and sleep disorders. Our host, Dr. Seema Khosla, medical director of the North Dakota Center for Sleep in Fargo, will take an in-depth look at issues impacting the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders. Episodes will feature conversations with clinicians, researchers, sleep team members and other health care experts working to help us sleep well so we can live well.
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Friday Jan 12, 2024
Sleep as an Opportunity to Improve Maternal Mortality
Friday Jan 12, 2024
Friday Jan 12, 2024
We wanted to start the new year by examining that time in our lives when we welcome new lives into this world. We often think about pregnancy as a joyful time.
But, for too many women in the US, pregnancy leads to significant morbidity and mortality. Our US maternal mortality rate increased from 20.1 per 100,000 live births in 2019 to 32.9 per 100,000 live births in 2021. For black women, this was 69.9 deaths per 100,000 live births. The causes are severe bleeding, infections, and preeclampsia/eclampsia. The CDC indicates that 4/5 pregnancy-related deaths in the US are preventable. Dr. Ghada Bourjeily is here to show us how maternal mortality intersects with sleep medicine.
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