OBJECTIVE To review the frequency of and factors associated with fetal death in the Brazilian scientific literature. METHODS A systematic review of Brazilian studies on fetal deaths published between 2003 and 2013 was conducted. In total, 27 studies were analyzed; of these, 4 studies addressed the quality of data, 12 were descriptive studies, and 11 studies evaluated the factors associated wi...

Worldwide, for an estimated 358,000 women, pregnancy and childbirth end in death and mourning, and beyond these maternal deaths, 9-10% of pregnant women or about 14 million women per year suffer from acute maternal complications. This paper documents the types and severity of maternal and foetal complications among women who gave birth in hospitals in Matlab and Chandpur, Bangladesh, during 200...

Linezolid is used off-label to treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in absence of systematic evidence. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis on efficacy, safety and tolerability of linezolid-containing regimes based on individual data analysis. 12 studies (11 countries from three continents) reporting complete information on safety, tolerability, efficacy of linezolid-co...

OBJECTIVE To assess the economic impact of maternal death on rural Chinese households during the year after maternal death. METHODS A prospective cohort study matched 183 households who had suffered a maternal death to 346 households that experienced childbirth without maternal death in rural areas of three provinces in China. Surveys were conducted at baseline (1-3 months after maternal deat...

Pregnancy is a biological process that usually takes forty weeks. The more advanced pregnancy is in terms of gestational age, the higher the chances that the fetus would survive in case of a premature and unnatural delivery. Hence, when a pregnant woman is struck by brain death, the fetus’ chances of survival are seriously and immediately threatened. Until recently, there were two choices in su...

Title: The role of health extension workers in improving utilization of maternal health services in rural areas in Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

BACKGROUND Using misoprostol to prevent postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) in home-birth settings remains controversial. OBJECTIVES To review the safety and effectiveness of oral misoprostol in preventing PPH in home-birth settings. SEARCH STRATEGY The Cochrane Library, PubMed, and POPLINE were searched for articles published until 31 March 2012. SELECTION CRITERIA Studies, conducted in low-res...

Correspondence to: Dr Sara A Thorne, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK; [email protected] _________________________ H eart disease is the joint most common cause of maternal death in the UK. The most common cardiac causes of death involve cardiomyopathy and pulmonary hypertension (fig 1). Congenital heart disease (CHD) is infrequently associated with maternal ...

BACKGROUND The causes of maternal death are now classified internationally according to ICD-MM. One significant change with the introduction of ICD-MM in 2012 was the reclassification of maternal suicide from the indirect group to the direct group. This has led to concerns about the impact of this reclassification on calculated mortality rates. The aim of this analysis was to examine the trends...