PREGNANCY RELATED MATERNAL MORTALITY - CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES

Maternal mortality from heart disease in pregnancy.

Postpartum Hemorrhage Causes Maternal Mortality

A Review of Pregnancy-Related Maternal Mortality in Wisconsin, 2006-2010.

INTRODUCTION Maternal mortality is a key indicator of maternal health and the general state of health care. This report summarizes maternal deaths in Wisconsin from January 2006 through December 2010. METHODS Maternal deaths were identified using death certificates and supporting links with infant birth and fetal death certificates. Suspected pregnancy-related maternal deaths were abstracted ...

Current status of pregnancy-related maternal mortality in Japan: a report from the Maternal Death Exploratory Committee in Japan

OBJECTIVE To clarify the problems related to maternal deaths in Japan, including the diseases themselves, causes, treatments and the hospital or regional systems. DESIGN Descriptive study. SETTING Maternal death registration system established by the Japan Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (JAOG). PARTICIPANTS Women who died during pregnancy or within a year after delivery, f...

Pregnancy-related mortality in Guatemala, 1993-1996.

To select the proper interventions that could prevent maternal mortality, adequate and appropriate maternal mortality data are needed. Nevertheless, the quality and quantity of information and the scope of maternal health- and death-related data are inadequate in many countries, particularly in the developing world. From January 1993 to December 1996 a surveillance program in maternal mortality...