Abstract
Maternal mortality remains now as an important leading cause of death for women of reproductive age whole of the world. However, our knowledge is very little of the main causes of death among our pregnant women needing more population-based assessments. Hence, the present study aimed to determine causes of maternal death in the cases referred to Legal Medicine.
Highlights
Maternal mortality remains as an important leading cause of death for women of reproductive age whole of the world especially in third world countries
Hemorrhage, eclapmsia, and sepsis remains as the three most common causes of death among pregnant women in our population and early recognition and treatment of these conditions with proper protocols can effectively reduce the likelihood of early death in pregnant women
Various causes for maternal mortality have been identified that some factors such as eclampsia, sepsis, postpartum hemorrhage, heart disorders, severe anemia, unsafe abortions, generalized infections, emboli, and ectopic pregnancy are at the top of the table causes [4]
Summary
Maternal mortality remains as an important leading cause of death for women of reproductive age whole of the world especially in third world countries. Because the risk factors for maternal death may occur at any time of pregnancy and childbirth in the absence of predisposing factors, access to qualified obstetrics preventive and curative services such as transfusions, antibiotics, and prophylactic interventions can effectively reduce the risk for maternal death. In this regard, Iran as a great developing country has not been exempted from reducing maternal death rate that could achieve a dramatic decline in the maternal mortality even comparably with developed nations [5].
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