PURPOSE Post-partum hemorrhage remains an important cause of significant maternal morbidity and mortality throughout the world. The objective of this study was to review the incidence, indications, predisposing factors, and associated complications of emergency peripartum hysterectomy. METHODS This is a retrospective observational study done in a Tertiary Care Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, be...

Most maternal deaths occur to women who are not attended by trained health professionals. Postpartum hemorrhage is the single most common cause of maternal death. The delivery of large haemochorial placenta in our species predisposes to heavy bleeding and can be dealt with only by using effective uterotonics. The 1987 Safe Motherhood Initiative has failed to reduce maternal mortality significan...

BACKGROUND Bangladesh is one of the few countries that may actually achieve the fifth Millennium Development Goal (MDG) in time, despite skilled birth attendance remaining low. The purpose of this paper is to examine the potential role misoprostol can play in the decline of maternal deaths attributed to postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) in Bangladesh. METHODS Using data from a misoprostol and blood...

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. (3) To see the trend of near miss events. DESIGN Audit. SETTING Kasturba Hospital, Manipal University, Manipal, India. POPULATION Near miss cases...