Severe Acute Maternal Morbidity

Severe Acute Maternal Morbidity presents a collection of cases describing various conditions in obstetrics and gynaecology that can result in maternal morbidity.

The book begins with an overview of severe acute maternal morbidity - incidence, issues and challenges in diagnosis, standard of care, near miss audit, communication and medico-legal implications. The following chapters discuss different obstetric conditions, including haemorrhage, hypertension and eclampsia, sepsis, obstructed labour and embolism.

Arulmozhi Ramarajan MD DGO PGDMLE
Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Church of South India Hospital, Bangalore, India; Past President, Bangalore Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Bangalore, India