Abstract

MATERNAL MORTALITY AFTER CESAREAN SECTION IN IRAQ

Iman Jaafar Abbood* and Qismah Hasan Khudhair

Abstract

The aim of this research studying the association between maternal mortality and mode of birth, although this topic remains of importance, given the changing patterns in the mode of birth with increasing cesarean section rates in most countries. Purpose of this study was to examine the incidence of the cesarean section related maternal mortality in the Iraq and association of surgery with the chain of morbid events leading to death. Compared to vaginal birth, maternal mortality after cesarean section was three times higher following the exclusion of deaths that had no association with surgery. In approximately one in ten deaths after cesarean section, surgery did, in fact, initiate the chain of morbid events.

Keywords: Maternal mortality, cesarean section.