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Definition of Direct maternal death
1. Noun. A maternal death that is the result of a complication of the pregnancy, delivery, or their management. ¹
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Medical Definition of Direct maternal death
1. Death resulting from obstetric complications of the gestation, labour, or puerperium, and from interventions, omissions, incorrect treatment, or a chain of events caused by any of the above, indirect maternal death, an obstetric death resulting from previously existing disease or from disease developing during pregnancy, labour, or the puerperium; it is not directly due to obstetric causes, but to conditions aggravated by the physiological effects of pregnancy. (05 Mar 2000)
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