Research Article
“Near Miss” Obstetric Events and Maternal Deaths in a Tertiary Care Hospital: An Audit
Table 1
Characteristics of near miss cases and maternal deaths.
| | Characteristics | Near miss, , (%)
| Total | Maternal deaths, , (%) | Total | | 2011 | 2012 | 2011 | 2012 |
| | Age (years) | 27.3 ± 4.75 (SD) | 26.7 ± 4.6 | 27.0 ± 4.7 | 27.8 ± 4.8 (SD) | 27.6 ± (4.4) | 27 ± (4.5) | | Parity | | | | | | | | Primipara | 37 (54.4) | 37 (58.7) | 74 (56.4) | 4 (36.3) | 7 (58.3) | 11 (47.8) | | Multipara | 31 (45.6) | 26 (41.3) | 57 (43.6) | 7 (63.6) | 5 (41.6) | 12 (52.2) | | Gestational age (weeks) | | | | | | | | 1–12 | 7 (10.3) | 10 (15.9) | 17 (12.9) | 3 (27.3) | 1 (8.3) | 4 (17.4) | | 13–28 | 3 (4.4) | 3 (4.8) | 6 (4.5) | 2 (18.1) | 0 | 2 (8.7) | | >28 | 43 (63.2) | 32 (50.8) | 75 (57.2) | 3 (27.3) | 3 (25) | 6 (26.1) | | Postnatal | 15 (22.1) | 18 (28.6) | 33 (25.1) | 3 (27.3) | 8 (66.6) | 11 (47.8) | | Causes | | | | | | | | Hemorrhage | 26 (38.2) | 32 (50.8) | 58 (44.2) | 3 (27.3) | 1 (8.3) | 4 (17.4) | | Hypertension | 24 (35.3) | 07 (11.1) | 31 (23.6) | 1 (9.1) | 0 | 1 (4.3) | | Sepsis | 9 (13.2) | 12 (19) | 21 (16) | 5 (45.5) | 7 (58.3) | 12 (52.2) | | Cardiac | 2 (2.9) | 4 (6.3) | 6 (4.5) | 2 (18.1) | 2 (16.6) | 4 (17.4) | | Indirect | 7 (10.3) | 8 (12.7) | 15 (11.4) | 0 | 2 (16.6) | 2 (8.7) |
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