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Investigating the causes of maternal mortality in Razavi Khorasan based on forensic medical records during the years 2015 to 2022

Archives of Public Health
Background Maternal mortality is among the main indicators of health in nations. Identifying the causes of maternal mortality is crucial in designing preventive interventions.
Tahereh Fathi Najafi, Sareh Dashti, Ali Naghsh, Maryam Saboor Parsa   +3 more
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A Bayesian Approach to Estimate Maternal Mortality Globally Using National Civil Registration Vital Statistics Data Accounting for Reporting Errors

Statistics and Public Policy
Estimation and monitoring of mortality, across multiple population-periods, is vital to improving national and global health outcomes. Reducing maternal mortality is a key part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs), which commit countries and ...
Emily N. Peterson, Greg Guranich, Jenny A. Cresswell, Leontine Alkema   +3 more
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Severe Obstetric Morbidity: Prevalence, Risk Factors and Outcome

National Journal of Community Medicine, 2015
Background: Severe Obstetric Morbidity (SOM) can be a supple- mentary indicator to maternal mortality. We have very little in- formation about its prevalence and risk factors.
Reena RP, Umadevi N, Ajitha BK
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A Retrospective Study On Maternal Deaths And Its Causes In A Tertiary Care Teaching Institute In Northern Telangana

Perspectives In Medical Research, 2019
Background: Maternal mortality is a strong indicator for measuring the health care provided to the women by any society. Although pregnancy is considered physiological at times it leads to morbidity and even death.
Satyaprabha S1, Vivekananda A2, Mythreai3, Wilson V4
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National estimates for maternal mortality: an analysis based on the WHO systematic review of maternal mortality and morbidity

BMC Public Health, 2005
Background Despite the worldwide commitment to improving maternal health, measuring, monitoring and comparing maternal mortality estimates remain a challenge.
Gülmezoglu A Metin, Posner Samuel F, Wojdyla Daniel, Betrán Ana P   +3 more
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“Near Miss” Obstetric Events and Maternal Deaths in a Tertiary Care Hospital: An Audit

Journal of Pregnancy, 2013
Objectives. (1) To determine the frequency of maternal near miss, maternal near miss incidence ratio (MNMR), maternal near miss to mortality ratio and mortality index. (2) To compare the nature of near miss events with that of maternal mortality.
Roopa PS, Shailja Verma, Lavanya Rai, Pratap Kumar, Murlidhar V. Pai, Jyothi Shetty   +5 more
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Maternal mortality [PDF]

Anaesthesia, 1994
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Four Years Maternal Missed Mortality Ratio and Mortality Index at A Tertiary  Care Hospital in Azad Kashmir

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal
Objective: To calculate the Maternal Near Miss Mortality Ratio and Mortality Index at a tertiary care hospital in a developing country with limited healthcare resources. Study Design: Retrospective analytical study.
Ambreen Ehsan, Maryam Zubair, Abida Islam, Amera Tariq, Umairah Yaqub, Nosheena Shabbir   +5 more
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Social Differences in Maternal Mortality in Zeeland 1812–1913

Historical Life Course Studies
Using population reconstructions from linked civil certificates for the province of Zeeland, the Netherlands, for the period 1812–1913, I study the social gradient in maternal mortality. Maternal mortality is defined as deaths in the first 42 days after
Ingrid K. van Dijk
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Maternal “Near Miss

Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College, 2014
Background : To determine the frequency of maternal near miss, maternal near miss incidence ratio, maternal near miss to mortality ratio and mortality index Methods: In this descriptive study near miss cases were defined based on WHO criteria 2009. Socio-
Fehmida Shaheen
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