When getting there is not enough: a nationwide cross-sectional study of 998 maternal deaths and 1451 near-misses in public tertiary hospitals in a low-income country.

OT, Oladapo; OO, Adetoro; BA, Ekele; C, Chama; SJ, Etuk; AP, Aboyeji; HE, Onah; AM, Abasiattai; AN, Adamu; O, Adegbola; AS, Adeniran; CO, Aimakhu; O, Akinsanya; LD, Aliyu; AB, Ande; A, Ashimi; M, Bwala; A, Fabamwo; AD, Geidam; JI, Ikechebelu; JO, Imaralu; O, Kuti; D, Nwachukwu; L, Omo-Aghoja; K, Tunau; J, Tukur; O, Umeora; AC, Umezulike; OA, Dada; Ӧ, Tunçalp; JP, Vogel; AM, Gülmezoglu

doi:10.1111/1471-0528.13450

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When getting there is not enough: a nationwide cross-sectional study of 998 maternal deaths and 1451 near-misses in public tertiary hospitals in a low-income country.

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Authors:

Oladapo OT

Adetoro OO

Ekele BA

Abstract

Objective To investigate the burden and causes of life-threatening maternal complications and the quality of emergency obstetric care in Nigerian public tertiary hospitals.Design Nationwide cross-sectional study.Setting Forty-two tertiary hospitals.Population Women admitted for pregnancy, childbirth...

Subject

Clinical Audit

Quality Of Care

Maternal Death

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