Maternal deaths in the UK: pre-eclampsia deaths are avoidable

Maternal deaths in the UK: pre-eclampsia deaths are avoidable

Only two women died from pre-eclampsia and eclampsia during pregnancy in the UK during 2012-14. 1 In the previous two reports, there were 19 and ten maternal deaths from pre-eclampsia in 2006-08 and 2009-11, respectively. This reduction is remarkable since hypertensive diseases have consistently bee...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Lancet (British edition) 2017-02, Vol.389 (10069), p.582-584
Hauptverfasser: Shennan, Andrew H, Green, Marcus, Chappell, Lucy C
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Female
Humans
Internal Medicine
Maternal Mortality
Morbidity
Pre-Eclampsia - mortality
Preeclampsia
Pregnancy
United Kingdom - epidemiology
Womens health
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Zusammenfassung:Only two women died from pre-eclampsia and eclampsia during pregnancy in the UK during 2012-14. 1 In the previous two reports, there were 19 and ten maternal deaths from pre-eclampsia in 2006-08 and 2009-11, respectively. This reduction is remarkable since hypertensive diseases have consistently been a leading direct cause of death in pregnancy. Maternal deaths from pre-eclampsia have been associated with substandard care, 3 suggesting they are avoidable.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30184-8