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An Audit of Maternal Mortality at a Tertiary Care Hospital
ISSN: 2617 - 9482
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An Audit of Maternal Mortality at a Tertiary Care Hospital
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ICC-0702
Publisher: Bahria University Medical And Dental College
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Abstract
Objective: To find causes of maternal deaths and to calculate maternal mortality ratio at tertiary care hospital Karachi.Study Design and setting: An observational study was conducted from1st January 2019 to 31st December 2020 at theDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology Unit 1, JPMC Karachi.Methodology: Patients were selected according to inclusion criteria after ethical approval through non probability consecutivesampling technique. Details of patients were obtained from files and record registers. Their demographic feature like age,parity, gestational age, booking status and presence or absence of medical disorders, their status of delivery and direct andindirect reasons of maternal deaths were noted and their frequency and percentages were calculated. Brought dead patientsand those who died accidently were excluded from the study.Results: During the period of two years the total numbers of deaths certified in the department were 90...
