Maternal mortality at B P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal: review of 6 years.
Trop Doct
; 35(1): 25-6, 2005 Jan.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15712539
ABSTRACT
This study aimed to find out the maternal mortality rate (MMR) in mothers dying after admission to the gynaecology and obstetrics ward of BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal, and to analyse the most common causative factor. There was a total of 58 mortality cases in 6 years.The MMR in 1997--1998 was 12/100,000 live births, in 1998--1999 144/100,000, in 1999--2000 294/100,000, in 2000--2001 450/100,000, in 2001--2002 546/100,000 and in 2002--2003 400/100,000. The most common cause of death was septic-induced abortion and its complications, followed by eclampsia and puerperal sepsis.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Maternal Mortality
Type of study:
Observational_studies
/
Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Female
/
Humans
/
Pregnancy
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
Trop Doct
Year:
2005
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Nepal