background: the occurrence of maternal death would threaten the family foundation and children's health. determining important factors affecting this indicator can help us adopt strategies to prevent similar deaths. the aim of this study was to determine the causes of maternal deaths during childbirth in ilam, iran  in 2001-10. methods: in a descriptive, retrospective study, all 25 dead mothers...

BACKGROUND Few studies have investigated the impact of diabetes mellitus (DM), a globally increasing metabolic disease, on treatment outcomes and long-term survival in patients with multidrug-resistant forms of tuberculosis (MDR-TB). OBJECTIVES We analyzed outcomes in a large cohort to assess the impact of DM on treatment outcomes of patients with MDR-TB. METHODS MDR-TB patients newly diagn...

The objective: to evaluate the efficacy and safety of delamanid in a short-course treatment regimen for patients with MDR/pre-XDR pulmonary tuberculosis Arkhangelsk Region from 2019 2021. Subjects Methods. 32 (4 MDR TB 28 pre-XDR TB) started within combination chemotherapy new drugs, lasted 12 months. All received delamanid, bedaquiline, linezolid, clofazimine, then was compiled depending on cl...

In 1984, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) required manufacturers of medical and radiation-emitting devices to submit reports of events that reasonably suggest that a medical device has caused or may have caused or contributed to the death, serious injury, or serious illness of a patient, as well as malfunctions whose recurrence would likely result in death, serious injury, o...

This chapter concerning maternal mortality due to anaesthesia, reprinted with permission from Saving Mothers' Lives, is the 18th in a series of reports within the Confidential Enquiries into Maternal and Child Health (CEMACH) in the UK. In the years 2003-05 there were six women who died from problems directly related to anaesthesia, which is the same as the 2000-02 triennium. Obesity was a fact...

BACKGROUND This paper reports on a systematic literature review exploring the importance of human resources in the quality of emergency obstetric care and thus in the reduction of maternal deaths. METHODS A systematic search of two electronic databases (ISI Web of Science and MEDLINE) was conducted, based on the following key words "quality obstetric* care" OR "pregnancy complications OR emer...

The annual toll of losses resulting from poor pregnancy outcomes include half a million maternal deaths, more than three million stillbirths, of whom at least one million die during labour and 3.8 million neonatal deaths--up to half on the first day of life. Neonatal deaths account for an increasing proportion of child deaths (now 41%) and must be reduced to achieve Millennium Development Goal ...

OBJECTIVE To analyze maternal deaths at Nkhoma Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) Hospital and identify factors causing delays in care. METHODS Maternal death audits are performed after every maternal death at Nkhoma CCAP Hospital. Information regarding the care provided at the health facility, the referral process, and any delays in the community was collected by an audit team usin...

SUMMARY BACKGROUND In Ghana, a universal free delivery policy was implemented to improve access to delivery care in health facilities, thereby improving access to skilled attendance and reducing maternal mortality. OBJECTIVE A confidential enquiry was conducted to ascertain if changes had occurred in the care provided by reviewing the care given to a sample of maternal deaths before and after...

Triennially, since 1954, the Ministry of Health has issued a Report concerning maternal deaths which occurred in England and Wales during the previous three years. The current Report on Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths in England and Wales, 1964-66* makes depressing reading for anaesthetists. Virtually alone of the factors associated with maternal deaths, the number applied to anaest...