Maternal hypothyroidism is known to cause an array of complications, maternal and fetal. Some of them include infertility, abortion, still birth, pre-term labor, fetal distress, birth defects, low birth weight and low IQ. We present a case of 32-year-old multiparous woman with hypothyroidism whose pregnancy was terminated in mid-gestation because of development of holoprosencephaly. Holoprosenc...

BACKGROUND Unacceptably high levels of maternal deaths still occur in many sub-Saharan countries and the health systems may not favour effective use of lessons from maternal death reviews to improve maternal survival. We report results from the analysis of data from maternal death reviews at Bugando Medical Centre north-western Tanzania in the period 2008-2012 and highlight the process, challen...

Background An effective emergency referral transport system is the link between the home of the pregnant woman and a health facility providing basic or comprehensive emergency obstetric care. This study attempts to explore the role of emergency transport associated with maternal deaths in Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh (UP).   Methods A descriptive study was carried out to assess the causes of a...

Anesthesiology, V 123 • No 5 986 November 2015 A nesthesia and analgesia for childbirth have become remarkably safe and together account for fewer than one maternal death per million deliveries, representing a 75% decline from the corresponding rate in 1980.1,2 although maternal deaths from anesthesia are rare, anesthesiarelated complications persist. Based on data from 30 north american instit...

SUMMARY Maternal mortality reduction has been a focus of major international initiatives for the past two decades. Widespread provision of emergency obstetric care (EmOC) has been shown to be an important strategy for addressing many of the complications that might otherwise lead to maternal death. However, unsafe abortion is one of the major causes of pregnancy-related deaths, and will be only...

CONTEXT Patient outcomes have been used to assess the performance of hospitals and physicians; in contrast, residency programs have been compared based on nonclinical measures. OBJECTIVE To assess whether obstetrics and gynecology residency programs can be evaluated by the quality of care their alumni deliver. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS A retrospective analysis of all Florida and New Yor...

Background: The postnatal complication that occurs in the first week after childbirth is one of causes maternal death Indonesia. However, it can be prevented with care (PNC). This study aims to analyze determinants PNC service utilization

INTRODUCTION Recent studies indicate that death certificate-based single-cause-of-death diagnoses can substantially underestimate the contribution of sepsis to mortality in the general population and among maternal decedents. There are no population-based data in the United States on the patterns of the contribution of sepsis to pregnancy-associated deaths. METHODS We studied the Texas Inpati...

The uterine inversion is a rare and severe puerperal complication. Uncontrolled cord traction and uterine expression are the common causes described. We report a case of uterine inversion stage III caused by poor management of the third stage of labor. It was about a 20 years old primigravida referred in our unit for postpartum hemorrhage due to uterine atony. After manual reduction of the uter...

background an effective emergency referral transport system is the link between the home of the pregnant woman and a health facility providing basic or comprehensive emergency obstetric care. this study attempts to explore the role of emergency transport associated with maternal deaths in unnao district, uttar pradesh (up).   methods a descriptive study was carried out to assess the causes of a...