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A comparison of near-miss events and primary causes of maternal deaths |
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| Complication |
NME |
*Maternal deaths |
P |
LTOC (%) |
Mortality index (%) |
| n (%) |
n (%) |
n (%) |
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| Haemorrhage |
73 (30.2) |
9 (22.0) |
0.284 |
82 (29.0) |
11.0 |
| Early pregnancy |
24 (9.9) |
1 (2.4) |
0.145 |
25 (8.8) |
4.0 |
| Ectopic pregnancy |
24 |
1 |
0.145 |
25 (8.8) |
4.0 |
| Abortion |
0 |
0 |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 |
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| Late pregnancy |
49 (20.2) |
8 (19.5) |
0.914 |
57 (20.1) |
14.0 |
| Placenta praevia |
8 |
0 |
0.608 |
8 (2.8) |
0.0 |
| Abruptio placentae |
11 |
0 |
0.376 |
11 (3.9) |
0.0 |
| Postpartum haemorrhage |
30 |
8 |
0.217 |
38 (13.4) |
21.1 |
| Hypertension |
76 (31.4) |
13 (31.7) |
0.969 |
89 (31.4) |
14.6 |
| Eclampsia |
39 |
10 |
0.195 |
49 (17.3) |
20.4 |
| Severe pre-eclampsia |
37 |
3 |
0.175 |
40 (14.1) |
7.5 |
| Dystocia |
47 (19.4) |
6 (14.6) |
0.467 |
53 (18.7) |
11.3 |
| Uterine rupture |
10 |
6 |
0.017 |
16 (5.7) |
37.5 |
| Impending rupture |
37 |
0 |
0.007 |
37 (13.1) |
0.0 |
| Infection |
20 (8.3) |
8 (19.5) |
0.042 |
28 (9.9) |
28.6 |
| Anaemia |
26 (10.7) |
5 (12.2) |
0.787 |
31 (11.0) |
16.1 |
| Total |
242 (100.0) |
41 (100.0) |
283 (100.0) |
14.5 |
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*Excluding anaesthetic death (n = 1), pulmonary embolism (n = 1) and pre-existing medical disease (n = 1) Mortality index = maternal deaths divided by life-threatening obstetric conditions LTOC: life-threatening obstetric condition NME: near-miss events | |||||
Oladapo et al. Reproductive Health 2005 2:9 doi:10.1186/1742-4755-2-9 |
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