Review of maternal mortality in a tertiary care urban teaching hospital: 10 year retrospective study
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20191965Keywords:
Acute fatty liver of pregnancy, MMR, Preeclampsia, Obstetric haemorrhage, SepsisAbstract
Background: The objectives of this study were to calculate the maternal mortality ratio, causes for maternal death in our institution and the duration of hospital admission to death interval.
Methods: The study included collecting and analyzing the details of maternal death in women who were admitted to St. Johns Medical College Hospital, Bengaluru, from January 2007 to December 2016.
Results: Total maternal deaths were 61 and live births were 26,001 during the study period. The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) was 234.6 per 100,000 live births. Majority of maternal deaths occurred in women aged 18 - 35 years 56 (91.80%) women, primipara 45 (73.77%) and referred cases to our institution from other hospitals 52 (85.24%). Most of the women died in the postnatal period 54 (88.52%). Direct obstetric causes accounted for 44 (72.13%) maternal deaths and indirect causes 17 (27.86%) deaths. Preeclampsia and eclampsia were the leading causes for death 13 (21.31%) followed by acute fatty liver of pregnancy 12 (19.67%), hemorrhage 7 (13.11%) and sepsis 6 (9.83%). Anemia was present in 77.04% of women at the time of admission to our hospital. Thirty six (59.01%) women died within a week of admission to the hospital, in which 13 (21.31%) women died in less than 24hours of admission. Twenty five (40.98%) women died after a week of admission to hospital.
Conclusions: Apart from the triad of preeclampsia, obstetric haemorrhage and sepsis, acute fatty liver of pregnancy has emerged as an important cause of maternal death. Most of the maternal deaths are preventable. Early detection of complications and timely referral to tertiary care hospital in St. Johns Medical College Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India decreases maternal morbidity and mortality.Metrics
References
WHO. Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births). WHO. Available at: http://www.who.int/healthinfo/statistics/indmaternalmortality/en/.
MMR Bulletin-2014-16. pdf. Available at: http://www.censusindia.gov.in/ vital_statistics/SRS_Bulletins/MMR%20Bulletin-2014-16.pdf.
RGI-CGHR-Maternal-Mortality-in-India- 1997-2003.pdf. Available at; http://www.cghr.org/ wordpress/wp-content/uploads/RGI-CGHR-Maternal -Mortality-in-India-1997%E2%80%932003.pdf.
Goal 3: Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform [Internet]. [cited 2018 Jul 5]. Available from: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg3.
Achievements Under Millennium Development Goals. Available at: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/Print Release.aspx?relid=123669.
Khumanthem PD, Chanam MS, Samjetshabam RD. Maternal mortality and its causes in a tertiary center. J Obstet Gynaecol India. 2012;62(2):168-71.
Konar H, Chakraborty AB. Maternal Mortality: A FOGSI Study (Based on Institutional Data). J Obstet Gynaecol India. 2013;63(2):88-95.
Rajeswari, Shobha. Maternal Mortality in an Urban Tertiary Care Hospital of South India. Indian J Obstet Gynaecol Res. 2016;3(1):32-7.
Jadhav CA, Prabhakar G, Shinde MA, Tirankar VR. Maternal mortality: five year experience in tertiary care centre. Indian J Basic Applied Med Res. 2013;7(2):702-9.
Saini V, Gupta M. Review of maternal mortality in an urban tertiary care hospital of North India. Int J Basic Applied Med Sci. 2014;4(1):59-64.
Fernandes S, Prabhu P, D’Cunha P. Maternal Mortality at a tertiary care teaching hospital in South India: 10 year retrospective study. Int J Med Health Sci. 2015;3(4):327-31.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
