BACKGROUND The recently published WHO guidelines on applications of ICD-10 to deaths during pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium (ICD-MM) aimed at enabling a comprehensive framework for international comparison of maternal deaths, which includes maternal suicides as a direct cause of maternal deaths. At present, most developing countries do not include suicide as a maternal death. METHOD...

AIM The aim of the present study was to elucidate the clinical characteristics of pregnancy-associated maternal deaths. METHODS We performed a retrospective analysis with medical records and autopsy reports of cases of pregnancy-associated deaths. We collected information on all maternal deaths related to pregnancy that occurred in 3 hospitals affiliated with Nippon Medical School in Japan fr...

abstract background: many maternal deaths caused are due to preventable causes during pregnancy and childbirth. therefore, the detailed analysis of the root causes provides developing a plan and appropriate interventions to prevent these deaths occurring in the health system. this study aims to determine the causes of maternal mortality using root cause analysis (rca) method. materials and meth...

BACKGROUND Accurate estimates of the number of maternal deaths in both the community and facility are important, in order to allocate adequate resources to address such deaths. On the other hand, current studies show that routine methods of identifying maternal deaths in facilities underestimate the number by more than one-half. OBJECTIVE To assess the utility of a new approach to identifying...

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 ...

OBJECTIVE To analyse severe acute maternal morbidity (SAMM) and maternal mortality in the Pretoria region over a 2-year period (2000-2001). SETTING Public hospitals in the Pretoria region, South Africa, serving a mainly indigent urban population. METHODS A descriptive study was performed whereby women with SAMM and maternal deaths were identified at daily audit meetings and an audit form wa...

BACKGROUND Health institutions need to contribute their quota towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) with respect to maternal health. In order to do so, current data on maternal mortality is essential for careproviders and policy makers to appreciate the burden of the problem and understand how best to distribute resources. This study presents the magnitude and distrib...

BACKGROUND Maternal mortality ratio of a country is indicative of its health and development status. Information on maternal mortality is required to determine this status and to set priorities for policy making and programmatic and operation research strategies. This study was conducted to determine the causes of maternal mortality in a tertiary care hospital. METHODS This study was conducte...

BACKGROUND Data on maternal deaths occurring after the 42 days postpartum reference time is scarce; the objective of this analysis is to explore the trend and magnitude of late maternal deaths and deaths from sequelae of obstetric causes in the Americas between 1999 and 2013, and to recommend including these deaths in the monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). METHODS Explora...