Background Studies of maternal mortality have been shown to result in important
improvements to women's health. It is now recognised that in countries such as the UK …

Background: Maternal mortality is now a rare event in the developed world and its
measurement is no longer a useful way of assessing obstetric care. Examination of cases of …

Background Assessment of severe maternal morbidity is increasingly being undertaken to
understand the aetiology and factors which lead to adverse maternal outcomes. Their use in …

Background Assessment of severe maternal morbidity using World Health Organization
(WHO)'near‐miss' criteria is gaining in importance as a valuable tool in the assessment of …

The UK has a well‐established programme of Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths
and a national system for research into near‐miss maternal morbidities, the UK Obstetric …

Maternal mortality is still among the worst performing health indicators in resource-poor
settings. For deaths occurring in health facilities, it is crucial to understand the processes of …

Objective To apply the iceberg model, quantifying absolute and relative incidence, to the
four main causes of maternal morbidity and mortality in Ireland: haemorrhage, hypertension …

Executive summary In any setting, women who develop severe acute complications during
pregnancy share many pathological and circumstantial factors. While some of these women …

Background The World Health Organization (WHO) defines 'maternal near‐miss' as 'a
woman who nearly died but survived a complication that occurred during pregnancy …

Objective To quantify the incidence of severe maternal morbidity in Scotland and determine
the feasibility of doing so. Design Prospective observational study. Setting All 22 consultant …