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Evaluation of Maternal Mortality Cases in the Province of Elazig, Turkey, 2007-2013: A Retrospective Study

The aim of this study was to determine the causes and factors influencing maternal mortality. All maternal deaths occurring between January 2007 and November 2013 in the Elazıg Province of Turkey were retrospectively investigated. The maternal age, obstetric history, cause of death, encountered dela...

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Autores principales: Kavak, Salih Burcin, Kavak, Ebru Celik, Demirel, Ismail, Turkoglu, Abdurrahim, Akkus, Ibrahim Halil, Ilhan, Rasit, Kaplan, Selcuk
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Publicado: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4796509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25560363
http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v7n1p188
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author Kavak, Salih Burcin
Kavak, Ebru Celik
Demirel, Ismail
Turkoglu, Abdurrahim
Akkus, Ibrahim Halil
Ilhan, Rasit
Kaplan, Selcuk
author_facet Kavak, Salih Burcin
Kavak, Ebru Celik
Demirel, Ismail
Turkoglu, Abdurrahim
Akkus, Ibrahim Halil
Ilhan, Rasit
Kaplan, Selcuk
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description The aim of this study was to determine the causes and factors influencing maternal mortality. All maternal deaths occurring between January 2007 and November 2013 in the Elazıg Province of Turkey were retrospectively investigated. The maternal age, obstetric history, cause of death, encountered delay model of each case, as well as the overall number of annual live births in the Province were determined. The information of cases was obtained from Directorate of Public Health and hospital records. Families or family doctors were also interviewed to obtain details about the circumstances surrounding each death. There were a total of 64,423 live births in the Province of Elazıg between 2007–2013. The number and ratio of maternal deaths due to direct and indirect causes were 12 and 18.6, respectively. The direct causes of maternal death were hypertensive diseases of pregnancy (n=5, 41.7%), obstetric hemorrhages (n=3, 25%) and pulmonary embolism (n=1, 8.3%). The indirect causes of death were cardiac diseases (n=2, 16.7%) and malignancy (n=1, 8.3%). When classified according to the “Three Delays Model”, 2 cases were in the first delay model and 3 cases in the third delay model; the second delay model led to no maternal deaths. Hypertensive diseases of pregnancy are the leading cause of maternal mortality in our province. The preventable causes of maternal mortality and factors contributing to death must be identified to reduce the incidence.
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spelling pubmed-47965092016-04-21 Evaluation of Maternal Mortality Cases in the Province of Elazig, Turkey, 2007-2013: A Retrospective Study Kavak, Salih Burcin Kavak, Ebru Celik Demirel, Ismail Turkoglu, Abdurrahim Akkus, Ibrahim Halil Ilhan, Rasit Kaplan, Selcuk Glob J Health Sci Articles The aim of this study was to determine the causes and factors influencing maternal mortality. All maternal deaths occurring between January 2007 and November 2013 in the Elazıg Province of Turkey were retrospectively investigated. The maternal age, obstetric history, cause of death, encountered delay model of each case, as well as the overall number of annual live births in the Province were determined. The information of cases was obtained from Directorate of Public Health and hospital records. Families or family doctors were also interviewed to obtain details about the circumstances surrounding each death. There were a total of 64,423 live births in the Province of Elazıg between 2007–2013. The number and ratio of maternal deaths due to direct and indirect causes were 12 and 18.6, respectively. The direct causes of maternal death were hypertensive diseases of pregnancy (n=5, 41.7%), obstetric hemorrhages (n=3, 25%) and pulmonary embolism (n=1, 8.3%). The indirect causes of death were cardiac diseases (n=2, 16.7%) and malignancy (n=1, 8.3%). When classified according to the “Three Delays Model”, 2 cases were in the first delay model and 3 cases in the third delay model; the second delay model led to no maternal deaths. Hypertensive diseases of pregnancy are the leading cause of maternal mortality in our province. The preventable causes of maternal mortality and factors contributing to death must be identified to reduce the incidence. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2015-01 2014-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC4796509/ /pubmed/25560363 http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v7n1p188 Text en Copyright: © Canadian Center of Science and Education http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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Akkus, Ibrahim Halil
Ilhan, Rasit
Kaplan, Selcuk
Evaluation of Maternal Mortality Cases in the Province of Elazig, Turkey, 2007-2013: A Retrospective Study
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title_full Evaluation of Maternal Mortality Cases in the Province of Elazig, Turkey, 2007-2013: A Retrospective Study
title_fullStr Evaluation of Maternal Mortality Cases in the Province of Elazig, Turkey, 2007-2013: A Retrospective Study
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of Maternal Mortality Cases in the Province of Elazig, Turkey, 2007-2013: A Retrospective Study
title_short Evaluation of Maternal Mortality Cases in the Province of Elazig, Turkey, 2007-2013: A Retrospective Study
title_sort evaluation of maternal mortality cases in the province of elazig, turkey, 2007-2013: a retrospective study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4796509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25560363
http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v7n1p188
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