Maternal Death in Japan

Kazuhiro Osato

doi:10.1007/978-981-10-1993-7_8

Maternal Death in Japan

Kazuhiro Osato

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1993-7_8

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Publication Date: Dec 18, 2018

Affiliation: Mie University

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Maternal death in Japan decreased dramatically over these 2 decades. Although the most prevalent cause of maternal death has still been obstetrical bleeding, the relative number of its cases decreased, while the relative number of deaths from cardiovascular disease increased. The causes of maternal death were aortic dissection, peripartum cardiomyopathy, sudden cardiac arrest, and pulmonary hypertension.

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