OBJECTIVES To study the maternal mortality and the complications leading to maternal death. METHODS A retrospective study of hospital records and death summaries of all maternal deaths over the period from January 2000 to August 2009 was carried out. RESULTS There were a total of 80 maternal deaths out of 88,443 live births giving maternal mortality rate (MMR) of 90.45 per 100,000 live birt...

Severe maternal thrombocytopenia resulting in hemorrhage is often associated with high mortality. Three cases of severe maternal thrombocytopenia in association with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT), HELLP syndrome, and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were successfully managed using intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG). IVIG can reduce the severity of thrombocytopenia and hemolysis, stabi...

Major obstetric hemorrhage (MOH) is one of the top three causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States and the main cause of maternal death in the developing world. The growing number of multiple cesarean deliveries, augmented labors, pregnant women of advanced maternal age, maternal obesity, or abnormal placentation have a direct correlation with the observed increase in peripartum bl...

Maternal mortality Postpartum hemorrhage Hepatitis Rural India

The global rate of maternal mortality is 260/100,000 live births, and approximately 500,000 mothers are lost annually as a result of pregnancy-related issues1. Rates of death are disproportionately high in developing countries, where maternal mortality as high as 920/100,000 live births has been recorded in sub-Saharan Africa2. Overall, postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) affects 1–5% of all deliveries...

  Background and Objective: Hypertensive disorders complicating pregnancy are common and from one of the deadly triad, along with hemorrhage and infection that contribute greatly to prenatal and maternal morbidity and mortality in the developing countries. This study was designed to investigate the relationship between maternal hypothyroidism and pre-eclampsia. Materials and Methods: In a pro...

Objective: To assess the sensitivity of flow cytometry (FCM) in the detection and quantification of fetal red blood cells (RBC) in comparison with the traditional KleihauerBetke test (KBT).Fetomaternal-haemorrhage (FMH) is a serious complication of pregnancy. Substantial FMH may lead to life-threatening anaemia in the fetus or newborn. In addition, exposure of Rhesus (Rh) D negative women to sm...