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Maternal mortality
Author(s) -
BREHENY FRANCIS,
McCARTHY J.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1982.tb01227.x
Subject(s) - medicine , maternal morbidity , retrospective cohort study , maternal death , obstetrics , pregnancy , pediatrics , environmental health , population , surgery , genetics , biology
Summary A retrospective study of the causes of maternal mortality over the past 20 years in the National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, was undertaken. Anaesthesia contributed to 4.4% of all maternal deaths and to 5.7% of ‘true’ maternal deaths. In the last 10 years studied it did not contribute to maternal mortality. It was concluded that anaesthesia was not a major cause of maternal mortality in this hospital.