From: Accounts of severe acute obstetric complications in Rural Bangladesh
 | Study Definition | WHO definition in verbal autopsy setting [27] |
---|---|---|
Hemorrhage | Profuse bleeding AND severe pallor | Pregnancy > 8 months, Severe vaginal bleedinga |
Puerperal Sepsis | High fever in the 7 days after delivery | High fever AND having Vaginal delivery |
 |  | > 1 day ago OR having Caesarean section |
 |  | > 1 day ago |
Eclampsia | Convulsions, excluding epilepsy [whole body swelling OR severe dizziness] AND NO high fever | Being pregnant > 5 months, delivery < 6 weeks ago, swollen upper extremity and/or face, convulsions, visual disturbances, hypertension, first birth, gastric pain, headache, and no fever |
Obstructed Labor | Baby stuck at delivery AND length of labor >24 hours | Physical obstruction + >24H Labor |
Induced Abortion | "Something done to end pregnancy" AND use of invasive procedure [e.g. insertion of object OR Menstrual Regulation OR D&C] | Termination of pregnancy or therapeutic abortion |