maternal mortality
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmaternalandmortality
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maternal
adjective
uk/məˈtɜː.nəl/us/məˈtɝː.nəl/
behaving or feeling in the way that a mother does towards her child, especially in a kind, ...
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mortality
noun[U]
uk/mɔːˈtæl.ə.ti/us/mɔːrˈtæl.ə.t̬i/
the way that people do not live ...
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(Definition ofmaternalandmortalityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Maternalmortalityis a regular event but there is no registration of death in the village.
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A much stronger case for the importance of medical intervention can be made in relation tomaternalmortality.
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Even today,maternalmortalityranges from 10-2 5 %12'33'34 with seventenths of deaths occurring between the first month of the puerperium.
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Introduction of aseptic techniques and minimising obstetric intervention helped reducematernalmortality.
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These drugs prevented deaths from sepsis, by far the most important cause ofmaternalmortality.
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In developed countries, the rate ofmaternalmortalityis now very low, limiting its usefulness as a quality indicator for maternity care.
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Two distinct measures are usually used to capture the level ofmaternalmortality.
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The main causes ofmaternalmortalityvary slightly between developed and developing countries.
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But for women with lower fertility, poor health is a more importantmaternalmortalityrisk factor.
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Its under-five mortality andmaternalmortalityrates are 136 and 10 respectively, per 1000 live births.
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Assessing the role of family planning in reducingmaternalmortality.
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These factors are offset, only in part, by reductions inmaternalmortality.
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In 1937, however,maternalmortalityrates began to fall, due to the discovery of the sulphonamides and later of penicillin.
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For example,maternalmortalityrates are expressed as maternal deaths per 100,000 (or 10,000) live births.
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Prior to this time, puerperal fever was the commonest cause ofmaternalmortality, accounting for over 40% of maternal deaths.
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In his practice,maternalmortalityrose in those years that also had a high incidence of these streptococcal infections and of diarrhoea.
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This factor would tend to skewmaternalmortalityin his practice upwards.
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However,maternalmortalityremained high, largely because of the risk of infection from non-closure of the uterine incision.
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There was nomaternalmortalitybut a maternal complication rate of 22% comprising 2 thromboembolic complications and 1 patient with congestive heart failure.
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