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Total impact    • [show abstract] [hide abstract]     ABSTRACT:
Most deaths are now caused by preventable or treatable medical
conditionsSince the first report of the Confidential Enquiry
into Maternal Deaths in 1952, the maternal death rate in the
United Kingdom has decreased dramatically.1 This has been due to
an impressive fall in deaths with direct obstetric causes,
including obstetric haemorrhage, ectopic pregnancy, and venous
thromboembolism. This has partly been achieved through better
understanding of obstetric complications, advances in medical
treatments, and the use of evidence based guidelines that
implement recommendations made in previous reports.2 However,
almost 60 years since the first Confidential Enquiry into
Maternal Deaths report, the most recent report, published in
March 2011, highlights a worrying trend in the causes of
maternal mortality in the UK.1The report states that most
maternal deaths in the UK now occur in women