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Maternal mortality in Benghazi: a clinicoepidemiological study

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Abstract
We conducted a clinicoepidemiological study of 14 maternal deaths out of 79 981 live births at Al-Jamahiriya Hospital, Benghazi between 1993 and 1997. The maternal mortality rate per 100 000 live births was 17.5. The reproductive profile of these women was: mean age 31.5 +/- 6.9 years, mean parity 4.5, mean birth interval 14.6 +/- 7.0 months, mean gestation 27.7 +/- 14.6 weeks and mean haemoglobin 9.3 +/- 2.1 g/dL. None of the women had prebooked their delivery, 50% had preconceptional medical or obstetric risk factors, around 70% were anaemic, almost all were admitted with serious medical conditions and > 50% required surgical intervention. The main underlying medical causes of death were: hypertensive disease of pregnancy [‎28.6%]‎, haemorrhage [‎14.3%]‎, pulmonary embolism [‎14.3%]‎ and brain tumour [‎14.3%]‎
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Legnain, M., Singh, R. & Busarira, M.O. (‎2000)‎. Maternal mortality in Benghazi: a clinicoepidemiological study. EMHJ - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 6 (‎2-3)‎, 283-292, 2000 https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/118866
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EMHJ - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 6 (‎2-3)‎, 283-292, 2000
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283-292
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1020-3397
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