Report on confidential enquiries into maternal deaths in England and Wales, 1964-1966 / by Humphrey Arthure [and others].

Date:
1969
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Licence: Open Government Licence

Credit: Report on confidential enquiries into maternal deaths in England and Wales, 1964-1966 / by Humphrey Arthure [and others]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    : Number with Total avoidable factors Associated deaths: Cardiac disease ... dy oP) i “s 30 Liver failure 3 — Chronic renal disease... ne ok a 5 — Diabetes ... i Ke Ne i on 3 1 Sickle cell anaemia oe ah ae we 4 2 Other ee Ms sas ve i sh 56 2 101 8 True maternal deaths: Abortion ... M4 , re IB ny. 1] 7 Ectopic pregnancy. Ny 4 ] Ante-natal complications e.g. anaemia vanaing during pregnancy + 6 3 Toxaemia (including 20 deaths from eclampsia) 38 15 Accidental ante- ones haemorrhage Ais Ie, 3 Placenta praevia .. a aes yea i 13 4 Ruptured uterus . re 17 12 Malipresentation, ‘malposition, ~ disproportion and prolonged labour Ais ove te 37 20 (The actual causes of death were: Anaesthetic misadventure... vet 22 Haemorrhage during Caesarean section nee ul ey sit 8) Post-operative sepsis ... Re, si 9 Paralytic ileus ... ee oe we 2 Air embolism ... ee 1) Other complications of pregnancy and delivery such as foetal distress, prolonged pregnancy 8 1 and inversion of the uterus. The actual causes of death were post-operative sepsis in 4, anaesthetic misadventure in 3 and shock in one. Postpartum haemorrhage ; 9 1 Amniotic fluid embolism a a ~~ 18 — Pulmonary embolism _... vr poe oa 48 Z (before delivery 10) (puerperal 38) Puerperal cerebral thrombosis ... sie ae l —— Puerperal sepsis ... ane da “a 10 2 Other puerperal complications sit ii 11 — 248 71