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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
doaj   +1 more source

The mechanism of labor in nonhuman primates: A look inside

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract While in humans, the flexed position of the fetus and its rotating course down the birth canal are well documented, in other primates the mechanism of labor is unknown. Despite the lack of comparative data, it is commonly assumed that the human obstetric mechanism is unique, and anthropologists have disputed when and why the transition to the ...
Melissa K. Stoller
wiley   +1 more source

The obstinate maternal mortality ratio for Malawi: beyond the Obstetrician

Malawi Medical Journal, 2007
No Abstract. Malawi Medical Journal Biology Vol. 19 (1) 2007: pp.
Meguid, T, Mshelia, S, Chiudzu, G M, Kafulafula, G, Masache, E   +4 more
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Evaluation of maternal mortality ratio and causes in a university hospital in eastern Turkey

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2015
To investigate the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) and causes of maternal death in order to decrease these deaths.The number of live births, maternal deaths, and the causes of deaths in Yuzuncu Yil University were recorded between 2004 and 2013.The MMR was 268 per 100,000. Forty-nine maternal deaths were examined in terms of cause.
Dalbudak, T., Şahin, Hanım Güler, Yildizhan, R., KURDOĞLU, MERTİHAN, Kurdoglu, ZEHRA   +4 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Developmental differences in cortical bone structure in chimpanzee and human femora reflect early locomotor independence in humans

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The cortical bone structure of long bone diaphyses changes throughout growth via skeletal modeling and has important implications for bone strength and structural integrity. Ontogenetic trends in diaphyseal structure have been identified in both chimpanzees and humans but it is not yet clear how these trends compare given notable differences ...
Karen R. Swan, Rachel Ives, Zewdi J. Tsegai, Louise T. Humphrey   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Maternal Death at Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital, the 17 Years Experience

Thai Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2009
Objective: To analyze the characteristics, leading causes and trend of maternal deaths at Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital between the 20th and the 21st centuries. Study design: Retrospective descriptive study.
Premjit Charoenweerakul, Kasemsri Srisupundit, Theera Tongsong   +2 more
doaj  

Epidemiology of severe maternal morbidity and maternal mortality among pregnant women with COVID-19 in the department of Caldas, Colombia

Revista de la Facultad de Medicina
Introduction: Given the serious implications of severe COVID-19 in pregnant women, more strict epidemiological surveillance of severe maternal morbidity (SMM) and maternal mortality in the context of COVID-19 is required.
Orlenda Yesenia Castrillón-Portela, Isabel Cristina Jaimes-Montaña, Jhony Alejandro Díaz-Vallejo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Progress on the Maternal Mortality Ratio Reduction in Wuhan, China in 2001–2012

PLoS ONE, 2014
Most maternal deaths occur in developing countries and most maternal deaths are avoidable. China has made a great effort to reduce MMR by three quarters to meet the fifth Millennium Development Goal (MDG5).This retrospective study reviewed and analyzed maternal death data in Wuhan from 2001 to 2012.
Shaoping Yang, Bin Zhang, Jinzhu Zhao, Jing Wang, Louise Flick, Zhengmin Qian, Dan Zhang, Hui Mei   +7 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Historical birth records from 1896 to 1944 from the Basel maternity hospital, Switzerland, reveal significant obstetric selection pressures

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality have declined dramatically during the last century. Historical data are therefore important sources to study the evolutionary selection pressures related to childbirth and how they have fluctuated over time.
Mirella Woodert, Guillermo Bravo Morante, Viktoria A. Krenn, Cédric Cordey, Nicole Torres‐Tamayo, Kaspar Staub, Nicole M. Webb, Martin Haeusler   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Magnitude, trends and causes of maternal mortality among reproductive aged women in Kersa health and demographic surveillance system, eastern Ethiopia

BMC Women's Health, 2018
Background Despite efforts at curbing maternal morbidity and mortality, developing countries are still burdened with high rates of maternal morbidity and mortality. Ethiopia is not an exception and has one of the world’s highest rates of maternal deaths.
Gezahegn Tesfaye, Deborah Loxton, Catherine Chojenta, Nega Assefa, Roger Smith   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source