Postpartum maternal morbidity requiring hospital admission in Lusaka, Zambia – a descriptive study

Abstract Objectives: Through the analysis of routine data, to identify postpartum maternal morbidity requiring hospital-level care in Lusaka. To estimate the incidence of moderate-to-severe morbidity in the postpartum period. Method: Six-month retrospective review of hospital registers and 4-week

Signal functions for emergency obstetric care as an intervention for reducing maternal mortality: a survey of public and private health facilities in Lusaka District, Zambia

BACKGROUND Zambia's maternal mortality ratio was estimated at 398/100,000 live births in 2014. Successful aversion of deaths is dependent on availability and usability of signal functions for emergency obstetric and neonatal care. Evidence of availability, usability and quality of signal functions in urban settings in Zambia is minimal as previous research has evaluated their distribution in ru...

Severe acute maternal morbidity (SAMM) in postpartum period requiring tertiary Hospital care

BACKGROUND Postpartum period is the critically important part of obstetric care but most neglected period for majority of Pakistani women. Only life threatening complications compel them to seek for tertiary hospital care. We describe the nature of these obstetric morbidities in order to help policymakers in improving prevailing situation. OBJECTIVE To find out the frequency and causes of sev...

A study of maternal mortality at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia: the emergence of tuberculosis as a major non-obstetric cause of maternal death.

SETTING The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia. OBJECTIVES To ascertain 1) the non-obstetric causes of maternal mortality, 2) the importance of tuberculosis as a cause of maternal deaths, and 3) the trends in the aetiology of non-obstetric causes of maternal deaths during the past decade in the light of the human immunodeficiency virus epide...

An audit of obstetric admissions to intensive care unit in a medical college hospital of central India: lessons in preventing maternal morbidity and mortality

Background: The spectrum of causes leading to maternal morbidity and mortality may be well reflected in the clinical profile of obstetric patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). An audit of these patients may help in devising intervention strategies and implementing preventive measures. This is expected to contribute to the ongoing concerted multipronged efforts towards reducing mat...