although amniotic fluid embolism is a rare event, but it is a tragic event. this kind of embolism occurs in 1 per 20,000 to 30,000 births with 86% maternal mortality rate in the united states. amniotic fluid embolism is in charge of near 10-15% of all maternal deaths. this article reflects the experiences of a nurse midwife encountered with a maternal and neonatal death due to an amniotic fluid...

background: although many efforts made for the advancement of medical science, it is distributed inequitably despite of all existing financial and human resources facilities. children as the most important and vulnerable groups of society are influenced by these inequities. the objective of this study is comparison of children health indices in rich and poor rural zones in mashhad/iran. methods...

Background: As one of the main criteria of health outcomes, maternal mortality indicates the socioeconomic development level of countries. The present study aimed at identifying and analyzing the effective factors on maternal mortality in Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) of the World Health Organization (WHO).   Methods: Analytical model was developed based on the literature review. P...

Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) is regarded as an important and sensitive indicator of the health status of a community. It also reflects the general standard of living of the people and effectiveness of interventions for improving maternal and child health in a country. Compared to other indicators like crude birth rate, maternal mortality rate and under-five mortality rate etc, this indicator has...

objective: the maternal mortality ratio is an important health indicator. we presented the distribution and causes of maternal mortality in islamic republic of iran. materials and methods: after provision of an electronic registry system for date entry, a descriptive-retrospective data collection had been performed for all maternal deaths in march 2009- march 2012. all maternal deaths and their...

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 In 2000, the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set targets for reducing child mortality and improving maternal health by 2015. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the results of a new education and referral system for antenatal/intrapartum care as a strategy to reduce the rates of Cesarean sections (C-sections) and maternal/perinatal mortality. METHODS DESIGN Cross-sectional study. ...

OBJECTIVE To analyze recent trends in maternal mortality by sociodemographic characteristics and cause of death and to evaluate data quality. METHODS This observational study compared data from 2008-2009 with 2013-2014 for 27 states and the District of Columbia that had comparable reporting of maternal mortality throughout the period. Maternal mortality rates were computed per 100,000 live bi...