Non-obstetric complications, including cardiovascular and kidney diseases, account for 48.32% of the estimated 260,000 annual maternal deaths globally.
Acute tubular necrosis and gestosis nephropathy are the leading nephrological causes of maternal mortality, highlighting the critical need for early detection and management of acute kidney injury and shock in obstetric patients.
Maternal mortality (MM) is one of the general health status of the population, the level of medical services, as well as socio-economic, political and environmental indicators. In terms of maternal mortality, an average of 260,000 pregnant women die each year during and after childbirth from various causes, of which 48.32% die from non-obstetric complications (cardiovascular, diabetes, kidney disease, and other diseases), 17.63% from obstetric hemorrhage, 14.01% from hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period (preeclampsia and eclampsia), 7.12% from other obstetric complications (septic complications), 5.41% from pregnancies ending in abortion, 5.26% from pregnancy-related infections, and 2.25% from other causes (unexpected complications of treatment, unknown/undetermined causes, and accidental causes)1.
Odiljon Khadjakbarovich Mirzamukhamedov (Thu,) conducted a review in Maternal mortality. Non-obstetric complications, including cardiovascular and kidney diseases, account for 48.32% of the estimated 260,000 annual maternal deaths globally.