Table 1.
Characteristics of the patients (n = 361).
| Maternal characteristics | |
| Maternal age, y (median, range) | 34 (19–46) |
| Gravida, n (median, range) | 1 (0–9) |
| Parity, n (median, range) | 1 (0–8) |
| Nulliparous | 50% (181) |
| Delivery | |
| Normal spontaneous delivery | 22% (79) |
| With uterine fundal pressure | 2% (8) |
| Instrumental delivery | 12% (43) |
| Caesarean section | 36% (129) |
| Before delivery | 18% (64) |
| Epidural analgesia for labour | 6% (20) |
| Timing of onset | |
| During pregnancy | 41% (148) |
| During labour | 16% (59) |
| During Caesarean section | 5% (17) |
| Puerperium period | 35% (125) |
| Others | 3% (12) |
| Location of onset | |
| General hospital | 29% (103) |
| Obstetric hospital | 9% (32) |
| Private clinic | 25% (90) |
| Midwifery home | 1% (3) |
| Outside of medical institution | 37% (133) |
| Maternal transport to tertiary hospital | 51% (184) |
| Location of initial cardio-pulmonary arrest | |
| General hospital | 59% (214) |
| Obstetric hospital | 4% (13) |
| Clinic before maternal transfer or in ambulance | 22% (79) |
| Outside of medical institution | 15% (55) |
| Autopsy | |
| Performed | 36% (131) |
| Pathological autopsy, n | 82 |
| Administrative autopsy, n | 10 |
| Judicial autopsy, n | 39 |
| Not performed | 64% (230) |
Data represented in number (percentage), median (range).