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Table 5 WHO MNM tool inclusions of the total study population

From: Validating the WHO maternal near miss tool: comparing high- and low-resource settings

Category

Subcategory

Events

A: Disease

 

Netherlands (N = 2638)

Tanzania (N = 139)

Malawi (N = 394)

P-value

 

0: PPH

1635 (62.0)

66 (47.5)

110 (27.9)

b

 

1: Pre-eclampsia

414 (15.7)

8 (5.8)

20 (5.1)

b

 

2: Eclampsia

242 (9.2)

15 (10.8)

69 (17.5)

b

 

3: Sepsis

118 (4.5)

30 (21.6)

148 (37.6)

b

 

4: Ruptured uterus

229 (8.7)

20 (14.4)

47 (11.9)

0.11

B: Intervention

 

Netherlands (N = 3030)

Tanzania (N = 334)

Malawi (N = 224)

 
 

0: Blood products

1743 (57.5)

184 (55.1)

165 (73.7)

b

 

1: Int. radiology

111 (3.7)

N/A

N/A

 
 

2: Laparotomy

267 (8.8)

59 (17.7)

59 (26.3)

b

 

3: Admission to ICU

909 (30.0)

91 (27.2)

N/A

0.78

C: Organ dysfunction

 

Netherlands (N = 1325)

Tanzania (N = 167)

Malawi (N = 96)

 
 

0: Cardiovascular

166 (12.5)

60 (35.9)

35 (36.5)

b

 

1: Respiratory

115 (8.7)

35 (21.0)

13 (13.5)

b

 

2: Renal

26 (2.0)

4 (2.4)

1 (1.0)

0.21

 

3: C/H

845 (63.8)

16 (9.6)

4 (4.2)

b

 

4: Hepatic

27 (2.0)

3 (1.8)

11 (11.5)

a

 

5: Neurologic

33 (2.5)

33 (19.8)

11 (11.5)

b

 

6: Hysterectomy

113 (8.5)

16 (9.6)

21 (21.9)

0.29

  1. Data is shown in numbers (percentage)
  2. PPH postpartum haemorrhage, ICU intensive care unit, Int. radiology interventional radiology, C/H coagulation/haematological, N/A not applicable
  3. a= <0.05, b = <0.0001