title: Maternal deaths from anaesthesia. An extract from Why mothers die 1997-1999, the Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths in the United Kingdom.
abstract: This article is reprinted from Why Mothers Die 1997-1999, the fifth report of the Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths in the United Kingdom.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, St Michael's Hospital, Southwell Street, Bristol BS2 8EG, UK.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Cooper
mesh_terms: D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality* / Q000592:standards; D002585:Cesarean Section; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000401:mortality*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011247:Pregnancy; D018805:Sepsis / Q000401:mortality; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000401:mortality