Heart disease complicating pregnancy as a leading cause of maternal deaths in LMIC settings: the Sri Lankan experience.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Heart disease (HD) is one of the leading indirect causes of maternal deaths worldwide, both in high- and low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This study aims to describe maternal deaths due to cardiovascular disease complicating pregnancy in Sri Lanka.

Methods

The national Maternal Death Surveillance Response (MDSR) system in Sri Lanka investigates all female deaths during pregnancy and 12 months after delivery. These maternal death investigation records were perused in this analysis. Maternal deaths from 2006 to 2018 with HD complicating pregnancy as the immediate or underlying cause of death were re-coded using the ICD-11 classification.

Findings

Of the 2855 pregnancy-related deaths reported to the MDSR from 2006 to 2018, 1646 (57.7%) were confirmed

SUBMITTER: Hettiarachchi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10442957 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature