Maternal Mortality in A Private Missionary Hospital

Maternal Mortality in A Private Missionary Hospital – A 9 Year Retrospective Review

Author Abiodun O
Co-Author Oyeleye Egunjobi, Onibonoje O, Ola O, Ishola B. Sophie
DOI http://wwj

Country : Nigeria
Subject : Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Keywords : maternal mortality, pregnancy, labour, delivery, puerperium

Abstract

Background: maternal mortality is one of the major challenges that economically challenged countries are burdened with throughout the world. This study aims to analyse the causes of maternal mortality and to identify the preventable factors leading to it at the facility.
Methods: Data were collected from records of patients who presented to and/or delivered at the Obstetrics & Gynaecology unit of Sacred Heart Hospital, lantoro between January 2009 and December 2019. Only cases of maternal mortality following ICD-10 were included in this study. In this study, there were 94 maternal deaths.
Results: the leading causes of death were PET/eclampsia 42.6%, followed by sepsis and uterine rupture 10% each. Most of the patients that died were also unbooked and most of the deliveries were also supervised by unskilled birth attendant.
Conclusion: PET/eclampsia, sepsis, and uterine rupture were the leading causes of death at the health facility.

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