title: Maternal deaths associated with caesarean section.
abstract: Twelve Caesarean section-associated maternal deaths were encountered over a 15-year period. The major operative risk factors were pregnancy-induced hypertension, obesity and general anaesthesia. Severe preeclampsia was the forerunner to postoperative cardiac failure, consumptive coagulopathy and difficult airway manipulation. We conclude that pregnancy-induced hypertension and its ramifications pose the greatest threat to maternal survival from a Caesarean section.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of the West Indies, Trinidad.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roopnarinesingh
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bassaw
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Roopnarinesingh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies