Research Article
Severe Life-Threatening Pregnancy Complications, “Near Miss” and Maternal Mortality in a Tertiary Hospital in Southern Nigeria: A Retrospective Study
Table 2
Maternal outcome of obstetrics near miss cases.
| | Complication, n = 790 | Near miss mortality index or | Odds ratio | Diagnosis | Near miss, n = 691 | Mortality, n = 99 | case fatality rate per 100 admissions (%) |
| Haemorrhage | 298 | 26 | 8.73 | 0.97 | Eclampsia/severe preeclampsia | 180 | 20 | 11.1 | 1.23 | Obstetric labour | 114 | 10 | 8.8 | 1.00 | Sepsis | 60 | 24 | 40 | 4.44 | Anaemia | 15 | 8 | 53.3 | 5.92 | Indirect causes | 24 | 11 | 4.58 | 0.51 | Total | 691 | 99 | | |
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