BACKGROUND Maternal mortality continues to have devastating impacts in many societies, where it constitutes a leading cause of death, and thus remains a core issue in international development. Nevertheless, individual determinants of maternal mortality are often unclear and subject to local variation. This study aims to characterise individual risk factors for maternal mortality in Tigray, Eth...

BACKGROUND Analysis of severe maternal morbidity (maternal near misses) provides information on the quality of care. We assessed the prevalence/incidence of maternal near miss, maternal mortality and case fatality ratio through systematic review of studies on severe maternal morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa. METHODS We examined studies that reported prevalence/incidence of severe maternal morb...

BACKGROUND The cost of treating maternal complications has serious economic consequences to households and can hinder the utilization of maternal health care services at the health facilities. This study estimated the cost of maternal complications to women and their households in the Kassena-Nankana district of northern Ghana. METHODS We carried out a cross-sectional study between February a...

OBJECTIVE To examine the possible relationship between maternal and fetal characteristics and pregnancy outcomes on fetal and maternal cell-free (cf) DNA in maternal plasma at 11-13 weeks' gestation. METHODS cfDNA was extracted from maternal plasma of 1,949 singleton pregnancies and chromosome-selective sequencing was used to determine the proportion of cfDNA and total cfDNA counts which was ...

IMPORTANCE In an effort to improve the quality of care, several obstetric-specific quality measures are now monitored and publicly reported. The extent to which these measures are associated with maternal and neonatal morbidity is not known. OBJECTIVE To examine whether 2 Joint Commission obstetric quality indicators are associated with maternal and neonatal morbidity. DESIGN, SETTING, AND ...

Introduction: Hypertensive disorder of pregnancy complicates around 5-10% all pregnancies. Hyperuricemia is one the common findings in pre-eclampsia. The uric acid level pre-eclamptic women increased before onset hypertension and proteinuria. increase serum associated with an risk adverse fetal outcomes like IUGR, prematurity, IUFD severity maternal hypertensive disorders pre-eclampsia, severe ...

In recent years, the prevalence of obesity among UK women has increased substantially with 40% being overweight and 25% obese in 2010. In women of childbearing age, the excess body weight is of particular concern with obese parturients experiencing an increased incidence of complications compared with normal weight mothers. In addition to the maternal risks associated with excess body weight, f...

OBJECTIVES To determine the incidence of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality in women with history of at least one previous cesarean section and to compare the pregnancy outcome of the women with the history of one previous cesarean section to the women with the history of two or more previous cesarean section. MATERIAL AND METHOD We performed a retrospective study of 458 patients u...

BACKGROUND Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases, and prevalence, severity and medication may have an effect on pregnancy. We examined maternal asthma, asthma severity and control in relation to pregnancy complications, labour characteristics and perinatal outcomes. METHODS We retrieved data on all singleton births from July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2009, and prescribed drugs and p...