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Table 3 Distribution of referred women by types of complications (%)

From: Women-focused development intervention reduces delays in accessing emergency obstetric care in urban slums in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study

Types of complications

Women referred from

 

Delivery Centre

N = 225

Home

N = 225

Total

Single life-threatening complications

   

   Haemorrhage

6.2

16.9

11.6

   Eclampsia

2.2

6.1

4.1

Multiple life-threatening complications

   

   Haemorrhage with PIH/PET/breech presentation

1.8

3.6

2.7

   Eclampsia, haemorrhage/PIH

-

2.2

1.1

   Retained placenta with haemorrhage

4.9

2.7

3.8

   Retained placenta with PET

1.8

-

0.9

Single non-life-threatening complications

   

   Prolonged and/or obstructed labour

60.4

32.0

46.2

   Pre-eclampsia

1.3

6.7

4.0

   Pregnancy induced hypertension

7.2

18.2

12.7

Multiple non-life-threatening complications

   

   Prolong labour with PIH/PET/breech presentation

13.8

10.7

12.2

   Puerperal pyrexia

0.4

0.9

0.7

  1. *PET = Pre-eclamptic toxaemia; PIH = pregnancy induced hypertension