Why Mothers Died and How Their Lives Are Saved: The Story of Confidential Enquiries Into Maternal Deaths

ISBN-13: 9781009218832 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 168 str.

Glasgow) Cantwell Roch (Southern General Hospital

Opis

Explores how the Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths reduced the maternal mortality rate and improved safety in pregnancy in Britain.

Spis treści

1. Historical background; 2. The first steps: 1900–1939; 3. How the confidential enquiries evolved; 4. The missing chapter? Prolonged labour and obstetric trauma; 5. How the change began: the story of sepsis; 6. Haemorrhage then and now; 7. Hypertension: enquiries, trials and recommendations; 8. The story of abortion; 9. Challenging tradition: the story of embolism; 10. Pregnancy and illness: indirect deaths; 11. Maternal death due to anaesthesia; 12. Psychiatric illness; 13. The mothers who died: the social deteminants of maternal deaths; 14. The legacy in the UK: the concept of 'near miss' and the need to keep saving lives; 15. International maternal health: global action; 16. International action: personal views.