Maternal Deaths

Question 1

What is syndemic?

Answer 1

a situation in which two or more interrelated biological factors work together to make a prognosis of a disease worse

Question 2

What are direct causes of maternal deaths?

Answer 2

A consequence of a disorder specific to pregnancy

Haemorrhage
Pre-eclampsia
Genital tract sepsis
VTE

Question 3

What are indirect causes of maternal deaths?

Answer 3

Deaths resulting from previous existing disease/disease that developed during pregnancy - not due to direct obstetric causes

Cardiac disease
Other causes of sepsis

Question 4

What are coincidental causes of maternal deaths?

Answer 4

Incidental/accidental deaths not due to pregnancy or aggravated by pregnancy

Road traffic accident

Question 5

What are late causes of maternal death?

Answer 5

Deaths occurring more than 42 days but less than one year after the end of pregnancy

Suicide

Question 6

What is MMR?

Answer 6

Maternal Mortality Ratio = Direct and Indirect deaths per 100,000 live births

Question 7

What is the leading cause of direct maternal deaths?

Answer 7

Thrombosis
Thromboembolism