Table 4 |
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| End of pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes in our study population | ||||||
| Potentially life-threatening conditions | Maternal near-miss cases | Maternal deaths | ||||
| N= | 212 | N= | 129. | N= | 16 | |
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| End of pregnancy | ||||||
| Vaginal delivery | 46 | 21.70% | 37 | 28.68% | 3 | 18.75% |
| Caesarean Section | 107 | 50.47% | 78 | 60.47% | 11 | 68.75% |
| Complete abortion | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Curettage / vacuum aspiration | 7 | 3.30% | 5 | 3.88% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Medical methods for uterine evacuation | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Laparotomy for ectopic pregnancy | 39 | 18.40% | 1 | 0.78% | 1 | 6.25% |
| Other | 4 | 1.89% | 2 | 1.55% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Unknown | 2 | 0.94% | 1 | 0.78% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Women still pregnant at hospital discharge or death | 7 | 3.30% | 5 | 3.88% | 1 | 6.25% |
| Caesarean section rate* | n/a | 69.93% | n/a | 67.83% | n/a | 78.57% |
| Preterm births | 57 | 37.25% | 42 | 36.52% | 8 | 57.14% |
| Stillbirths | 32 | 20.92% | 23 | 20.00% | 6 | 42.86% |
| Perinatal deaths** | 65 | 42.48% | 50 | 43.48% | 7 | 50.00% |
*Caesarean deliveries divided by all deliveries / **fetal deaths + intra-hospital early neonatal mortality.
Jabir et al. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2013 13:11 doi:10.1186/1471-2393-13-11
