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A cross sectional study of maternal near miss and mortality at a rural tertiary centre in southern nigeria

BACKGROUND: The study evaluated the pattern of severe maternal outcome, near miss indicators and associated patient and healthcare factors at a private referral hospital in rural Nigeria. METHODS: This was a cross sectional study conducted from September 2014 to August 2015 in Madonna University Tea...

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Autores principales: Mbachu, Ikechukwu Innocent, Ezeama, Chukwuemeka, Osuagwu, Kelechi, Umeononihu, Osita Samuel, Obiannika, Chibuzor, Ezeama, Nkeiru
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5534124/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28754161
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-017-1436-z
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author Mbachu, Ikechukwu Innocent
Ezeama, Chukwuemeka
Osuagwu, Kelechi
Umeononihu, Osita Samuel
Obiannika, Chibuzor
Ezeama, Nkeiru
author_facet Mbachu, Ikechukwu Innocent
Ezeama, Chukwuemeka
Osuagwu, Kelechi
Umeononihu, Osita Samuel
Obiannika, Chibuzor
Ezeama, Nkeiru
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description BACKGROUND: The study evaluated the pattern of severe maternal outcome, near miss indicators and associated patient and healthcare factors at a private referral hospital in rural Nigeria. METHODS: This was a cross sectional study conducted from September 2014 to August 2015 in Madonna University Teaching Hospital Elele, Rivers State, Nigeria. Pregnant and postpartum women were recruited for the study using Nigeria near miss network proforma which was adopted from the WHO near miss proforma. We explored administrative, patient related and medical delays. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS version 20. RESULTS: Of the 262 deliveries, 5 women died and 52 women had a near miss event. The maternal mortality rate was 1908/100,000. The maternal near miss mortality ratio was 11.4: 1 while the mortality index was 8.8%. Three out of the five deaths that occurred were in the age category of 20–24 years. Abortive outcome was the leading cause of maternal mortality contributing 2 of the 5 maternal mortality. The severe maternal outcome ratio was 218/1000 and maternal near miss incidence ratio was 198/1000. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy contributed 16(28.1%) of the 57 cases with severe maternal outcome while Obstetrics hemorrhage and abortive outcome each contributed 14(24.6%). 6(10.5%) received treatment within 30 min of diagnosis while 19(33.3%) waited for greater than 240 min before they received intervention. There was a statistically significant association between time of intervention and final maternal outcome (p-value = 0.003). Administrative delay was noted in 20 cases, while patient related delay was noted in 44 cases. CONCLUSION: There is a high burden of near miss and unmet need for reproductive health services in rural areas of Nigeria. Different levels of delays abound and contribute to the disease burden. Periodic reviews will aid in elimination of the delays. There should be better communication between different levels of care and emphasis should be on early identification and referral of women for prompt management.
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spelling pubmed-55341242017-08-03 A cross sectional study of maternal near miss and mortality at a rural tertiary centre in southern nigeria Mbachu, Ikechukwu Innocent Ezeama, Chukwuemeka Osuagwu, Kelechi Umeononihu, Osita Samuel Obiannika, Chibuzor Ezeama, Nkeiru BMC Pregnancy Childbirth Research Article BACKGROUND: The study evaluated the pattern of severe maternal outcome, near miss indicators and associated patient and healthcare factors at a private referral hospital in rural Nigeria. METHODS: This was a cross sectional study conducted from September 2014 to August 2015 in Madonna University Teaching Hospital Elele, Rivers State, Nigeria. Pregnant and postpartum women were recruited for the study using Nigeria near miss network proforma which was adopted from the WHO near miss proforma. We explored administrative, patient related and medical delays. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS version 20. RESULTS: Of the 262 deliveries, 5 women died and 52 women had a near miss event. The maternal mortality rate was 1908/100,000. The maternal near miss mortality ratio was 11.4: 1 while the mortality index was 8.8%. Three out of the five deaths that occurred were in the age category of 20–24 years. Abortive outcome was the leading cause of maternal mortality contributing 2 of the 5 maternal mortality. The severe maternal outcome ratio was 218/1000 and maternal near miss incidence ratio was 198/1000. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy contributed 16(28.1%) of the 57 cases with severe maternal outcome while Obstetrics hemorrhage and abortive outcome each contributed 14(24.6%). 6(10.5%) received treatment within 30 min of diagnosis while 19(33.3%) waited for greater than 240 min before they received intervention. There was a statistically significant association between time of intervention and final maternal outcome (p-value = 0.003). Administrative delay was noted in 20 cases, while patient related delay was noted in 44 cases. CONCLUSION: There is a high burden of near miss and unmet need for reproductive health services in rural areas of Nigeria. Different levels of delays abound and contribute to the disease burden. Periodic reviews will aid in elimination of the delays. There should be better communication between different levels of care and emphasis should be on early identification and referral of women for prompt management. BioMed Central 2017-07-28 /pmc/articles/PMC5534124/ /pubmed/28754161 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-017-1436-z Text en © The Author(s). 2017 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Mbachu, Ikechukwu Innocent
Ezeama, Chukwuemeka
Osuagwu, Kelechi
Umeononihu, Osita Samuel
Obiannika, Chibuzor
Ezeama, Nkeiru
A cross sectional study of maternal near miss and mortality at a rural tertiary centre in southern nigeria
title A cross sectional study of maternal near miss and mortality at a rural tertiary centre in southern nigeria
title_full A cross sectional study of maternal near miss and mortality at a rural tertiary centre in southern nigeria
title_fullStr A cross sectional study of maternal near miss and mortality at a rural tertiary centre in southern nigeria
title_full_unstemmed A cross sectional study of maternal near miss and mortality at a rural tertiary centre in southern nigeria
title_short A cross sectional study of maternal near miss and mortality at a rural tertiary centre in southern nigeria
title_sort cross sectional study of maternal near miss and mortality at a rural tertiary centre in southern nigeria
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5534124/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28754161
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-017-1436-z
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