Anaesthesia-related maternal mortality in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Main Authors: Soha Sobhy, MBBS (Author), Prof. Javier Zamora, PhD (Author), Kuhan Dharmarajah, MRCOG (Author), David Arroyo-Manzano, MSc (Author), Matthew Wilson, MD (Author), Ramesan Navaratnarajah, MRCOG (Author), Prof. Arri Coomarasamy, MD (Author), Prof. Khalid S Khan, MSc (Author), Prof. Shakila Thangaratinam, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The risk factors contributing to maternal mortality from anaesthesia in low-income and middle-income countries and the burden of the problem have not been comprehensively studied up to now. We aimed to obtain precise estimates of anaesthesia-attributed deaths in pregnant women exposed to...