Reducing maternal deaths from hypertensive disorders: learning from confidential inquiries

BMJ. 2019 Feb 5:364:l230. doi: 10.1136/bmj.l230.

Authors

Frances Conti-Ramsden¹, Marian Knight², Marcus Green³, Andrew H Shennan¹, Lucy C Chappell⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Women and Children's Health, School of Life Course Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
² National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
³ Action on Pre-eclampsia, The Stables, Evesham, Worcestershire, UK.
⁴ Department of Women and Children's Health, School of Life Course Sciences, King's College London, London, UK lucy.chappell@kcl.ac.uk.

PMID: 30723108
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.l230

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Cause of Death
Female
Humans
Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced / mortality*
Maternal Death / etiology
Maternal Death / prevention & control*
Maternal Death / statistics & numerical data
Pregnancy
United Kingdom / epidemiology

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