Definition: Indirect obstetric death

Category: United Nations terminology

Indirect obstetric deaths are those resulting from previous existing disease or disease that developed during pregnancy and which was not due to direct obstetric causes, but which was aggravated by physiologic effects of pregnancy http://www.who.int/classifications/icd/ICD-10_2nd_ed_volume2.pdf
Source:
World Health Organization (WHO), "ICD-10. International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision. Volume 2. Second Edition", Geneva, 1992
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