From: Maternal near miss and quality of maternal health care in Baghdad, Iraq
Women with potentially life-threatening conditions | Maternal near-miss cases | Maternal deaths | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N= | 212 | N= | 129 | N= | 16 | |
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Underlying causes | ||||||
Pregnancy with abortive outcome | 44 | 20.75% | 6 | 4.65% | 1 | 6.25% |
Obstetric Hemorrhage | 99 | 46.70% | 85 | 65.89% | 7 | 43.75% |
Hypertensive disorders | 49 | 23.11% | 27 | 20.93% | 4 | 25.00% |
Pregnancy-related infection | 9 | 4.25% | 4 | 3.10% | 1 | 6.25% |
Other obstetric disease or complication | 28 | 13.21% | 22 | 17.05% | 1 | 6.25% |
Medical/Surgical/Mental disease or complication | 38 | 17.92% | 26 | 20.16% | 5 | 31.25% |
Unanticipated complications of management | 14 | 6.60% | 11 | 8.53% | 1 | 6.25% |
Coincidental conditions | 10 | 4.72% | 8 | 6.20% | 2 | 12.50% |
Unknown | 4 | 1.89% | 3 | 2.33% | 1 | 6.25% |
Contributory causes / associated conditions | ||||||
Anemia | 96 | 45.28% | 71 | 55.04% | 8 | 50.00% |
HIV infection | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
Previous caesarean section | 74 | 34.91% | 58 | 44.96% | 7 | 43.75% |
Prolonged / obstructed labor | 28 | 13.21% | 21 | 16.28% | 3 | 18.75% |