Changing patterns of emergency obstetric care at a Nigerian University hospital

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 278-284

  Oladapo, O T ^a   Ariba, A J ^b   Odusoga, O L ^a  

^a Obafemi Awolowo College of Health Sciences   (Nigeria)

^b OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Case fatality rate; Critical obstetric care; Emergency obstetric care; Maternal death; Near miss; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; EMERGENCY CARE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; NEAR MISS MORBIDITY; NIGERIA; OBSTETRIC CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34547666477     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2007.05.018     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Ronsmans C., and Filippi V. Reviewing severe maternal morbidity: learning from survivors from life-threatening complications. World Health Organization. Beyond the Numbers: Reviewing Deaths and Complications to Make Pregnancy Safer vol. 7 (2004), WHO, Geneva 103-124
2. Cochet L., Pattinson R.C., and MacDonald A.P. Severe acute maternal morbidity and maternal death audit - a rapid diagnostic tool for evaluating maternal care. S Afr Med J 93 (2003) 700-702
3. Pattinson R.C., Buchmann E., Mantel G., Schoon M., and Rees H. Can enquiries into severe acute maternal morbidity act as a surrogate for maternal death enquiries?. BJOG 110 (2003) 889-893
4. Filippi V., Ronsmans C., Gohou V., Goufodji S., Lardi M., Sahel A., et al. Maternity wards or emergency obstetric rooms? Incidence of near-miss events in African hospitals. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 84 (2005) 11-16
5. Vandecruys H.I.B., Pattinson R.C., Macdonald A.P., and Mantel G.D. Severe acute maternal morbidity and mortality in the Pretoria Academic Complex: changing patterns over 4 years. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 102 (2002) 6-10
6. Say L., Pattinson R.C., and Gülmezoglu A.M. WHO systematic review of maternal morbidity and mortality: the prevalence of severe acute maternal morbidity (near miss). Reprod Health 1 (2004) 3
7. UNICEF, WHO, and UNFPA. Guidelines for monitoring the availability and use of obstetric services (1997), UNICEF, New York
8. Paxton A., Bailey P., and Lobis S. The United Nations process indicators for emergency obstetric care: reflections based on a decade of experience. Int J Gynecol Obstet 95 (2006) 192-208
9. Sule-Odu A.O. Maternal deaths in Sagamu, Nigeria. Int J Gynecol Obstet 69 (2000) 47-49
10. World Health Organization: ICD-10. International statistical classification of diseases and health-related problems. Tenth Revision vol. 2 (1993), World Health Organization, Geneva
11. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and World Health Organization. Epi Info 2002 - Database and statistics software for public health professionals (2002), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA