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From therapeutic to elective cesarean deliveries: factors associated with the increase in cesarean deliveries in Chiapas

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2017
Background Cesarean deliveries have increased over the past decade in Mexico, including those states with high percentages of indigenous language speakers, e.g., Chiapas.
María Graciela Freyermuth, José Alberto Muños, María del Pilar Ochoa   +2 more
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Strategi Menurunkan Kematian Ibu Karena Preeklamsi dan Eklamsi

Obgynia, 2020
Objective: To compile the result of studies on preeclampsia-eclampsia and strategies to reduce its maternal mortalities conducted in western and developing countries including Indonesia and Bandung aiming at developing strategies for reducing maternal ...
Johanes C. Mose
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Maternal mortality in Yazd Province, Iran

Electronic Physician, 2016
Introduction: Five hundred thousand maternal deaths occur each year worldwide, many of which are in developing countries. The maternal mortality rate is a measure that demonstrates the degree of adequacy of prenatal care and of economic and social ...
Mojgan Karimi-Zarchi, Marzie Ghane-Ezabadi, Mohammadreza Vafaienasab, Ali Dehghan, Fateme Ghasemi, Mahbube Zaidabadi, Leila Zanbagh, Pouria Yazdian-Anari, Soraya Teimoori   +8 more
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Suicide and Maternal Mortality

Current Psychiatry Reports, 2022
Suicide is a leading cause of death in the perinatal period (pregnancy and 1 year postpartum). We review recent findings on prevalence, risk factors, outcomes, and prevention and intervention for suicide during pregnancy and the first year postpartum.Standardization of definitions and ascertainment of maternal deaths have improved identification of ...
Chin, Kathleen, Wendt, Amelia, Bennett, Ian M., Bhat, Amritha   +3 more
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Temporal and spatial evolution of maternal and neonatal mortality rates in Brazil, 1997–2012

Jornal de Pediatria (Versão em Português), 2016
Objective: Maternal and neonatal mortality are important public health issues in low‐income countries. This study evaluated spatial and temporal maternal and neonatal mortality trends in Brazil between 1997 and 2012.
Nádia Cristina Pinheiro Rodrigues, Denise Leite Maia Monteiro, Andréa Sobral de Almeida, Mônica Barros de Lima Barros, André Pereira Neto, Gisele O’Dwyer, Mônica Kramer de Noronha Andrade, Matthew Brian Flynn, Valéria Teresa Saraiva Lino   +8 more
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Statistical risk prediction models for adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes in severe preeclampsia in a low-resource setting: proposal for a single-centre cross-sectional study at Mpilo Central Hospital, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

BMC Research Notes, 2019
Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy are a leading cause of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality, especially in low-resource settings. Identifying mothers and babies at greatest risk of complications would enable intervention to be targeted to ...
Solwayo Ngwenya, Brian Jones, Alexander Edward Patrick Heazell, Desmond Mwembe   +3 more
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Survey study of effective factors on maternal mortality in Kurdestan province from 1998 to 2002 [PDF]

حیات, 2004
Introduction: Pregnancy is a natural phenomena and basis of birth but can induce various dangers to mother and fetus. Since mother is the central part of family, maternal mortality would be an irreparable damage to the community.
Golyan Tehrani Sh, Holakoei K, Zarei M
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Maternal mortality ratio in China from 1990 to 2019: trends, causes and correlations

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Maternal mortality ratio is an important indicator to evaluate the health status in developing countries. Previous studies on maternal mortality ratio in China were limited to certain areas or short periods of time, and there was a lack of ...
Lu Chen, Penghui Feng, Lance Shaver, Zengwu Wang   +3 more
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Sepsis and maternal mortality

Current Opinion in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2013
Despite global progress towards reducing maternal mortality, sepsis remains a leading cause of preventable maternal death. This review focuses on current measurement challenges, trends, causes and efforts to curb maternal death from sepsis in high and low-income countries.Under-reporting using routine registration data, compounded by misclassification ...
Acosta, C, Knight, M
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Hidden Maternal Mortality? Under-Registration of Maternal Mortality in Maastricht, 1870–1910

Historical Life Course Studies
Maternal mortality rates in the 19th-century Netherlands were low compared to other European countries. But was this due to high-quality midwifery care or under-registration? This study examines maternal mortality registration in Maastricht by comparing
Mayra Murkens, Wieke Elien Metzlar
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