The Mode of Delivery of the Maternal Mortality Cases: A Nation – wide study from Turkey

Methods Maternal Mortality Surveillance has been conducted by the Government of Health since 2007. All maternal deaths in our country are first evaluated by the committees in the local areas. The records of the local committees are reported to the Preliminary Investigation Committee for Maternal Deaths at the Ministry of Health of Turkey. Medical hospital records, death certificates, autopsy reports, local and national registries, reports of involved health care providers and verbal autopsies are the tools used to evaluate each maternal death and to determine the cause of death, risk factors, pregnancy related conditions, management and their preventability. In this retrospective study, case files of all maternal deaths recorded between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2014 in Turkey were reviewed. Information on the demographic and health characteristics, pregnancy, delivery, and maternal and perinatal outcomes of individual women were recorded. Indications and type of CD, whether antepartum or intrapartum, were also recorded.