To study causes of maternal mortality in tertiary care centre, south Gujarat over a period of 2 years
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Research - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction Pregnancy is not a disease state but sometimes it leads to severe morbidity and carries risk for mortality Maternal death not only affect family but it also has an impact on society as well as nation Maternal mortality rate is reflection of the quality of health care services provided by the country to the women populationMaterials and Methods This is a retrospective study of maternal deaths using facility based maternal death review forms supplied by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Government of India filled by doctor on duty at that time as a baseline documentResults This study shows that major cause of maternal mortality in tertiary care centre was hypertensive disorders of pregnancy however hypertensive disorder of pregnancy alone was not the only cause of maternal death it was complicated with different other causes like ARDS APH HELLP syndrome PPH Sickle cell disease ARF DIC severe Anaemia and many others Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy contributed 33 of all deaths whereas Sepsis 12 Hepatitis 10 Haemorrhage 8 Heart Disease 7 Anaemia 5 ARDS 5 Sickle Cell Crisis 4 Amniotic Fluid Embolism 2 Diabetes Mellitus 2 and others 12Conclusion Most maternal deaths are preventable by optimum antenatal intranatal and postnatal care Early referral of high risk pregnancies to tertiary care centre will definitely change the outcomeKeywords Maternal mortality Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy Sepsis
Authors and Affiliations
Ritesh Sondawale, Dhwani Desai, Ragini Verma
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