OBJECTIVES: The Confidential National Enquiry on Maternal Mortality identified 254  @entity204 in France from 2007  to 2009. @entity1211 led to 31  @entity204 , becoming the 3rd cause of maternal mortality. This study analyses the 21  enquiry files obtained by the National Expert Committee on Maternal Mortality (CNEMM). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Clinical characteristics, arising circumstances and imaging exams were collected in the 20  @entity1 deceased by @entity1151 ( @entity1151 ). After excluding two incomplete files, we looked for the @entity1151 Risk Factors (RF) in order to sort @entity1 out according to 4  levels of risk (low, moderate, high and major). RESULTS: The main RF were: non-Caucasian ethnic origin (n=8), age over 35years (n=7), @entity6 (n=6) and emergency or unplanned caesarean section (n=6). The average number of RF was 3.7: 73% were low, 18% moderate. Among 7  autopsies performed, 6  resulted in @entity1151 diagnostic. Only 67% of eligible @entity1 had an imaging exam. CONCLUSION: The search for the RF of @entity1031 accidents, in particular the low RF, should be improved to establish an adapted prophylactic therapy. Autopsy or even post-mortem imaging should be implemented when diagnosis is uncertain in order to avoid over-/under-estimating @entity204 incidence caused by @entity1151 .

[Study of the 21  cases of XXXX from the 4th report of national confidential enquiry into maternal @entity204 in France in 2007-2009].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity6 :: ('MESH:D003920', 'Disease') :: ['diabetes'] @entity1151 :: ('MESH:D011655', 'Disease') :: ['PE', 'pulmonary embolism'] @entity1031 :: ('MESH:D013923', 'Disease') :: ['thromboembolism'] @entity1211 :: ('MESH:D054556', 'Disease') :: ['Thromboembolism venous disease'] @entity204 :: ('MESH:D003643', 'Disease') :: ['death', 'deaths']
@entity1031 :: (MESH:D013923,Disease) :: ['thromboembolism']
