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From: Maternal near-miss and death and their association with caesarean section complications: a cross-sectional study at a university hospital and a regional hospital in Tanzania

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Flow diagram on inclusion of maternal near-miss (MNM) events and maternal deaths associated with caesarean section (CS) between February and June 2012. One hundred and eighty-nine women who experienced MNM events or died had undergone CS. Of these, 107 experienced MNM events or died after CS or had a diagnosis that implied a CS complication. After the assessment, we found that 51 cases were associated with a CS complication and 56 cases were caused by other disorders (uterine rupture (n = 22), eclampsia (n = 13), ablation placenta (n = 8), peripartum cardiomyopathy (n = 6), placenta previa or accreta (n = 4), shock due to postpartum haemorrhage with fulfilment of criterion more than seven days after the operation (n = 2), and anaemia (n = 1)).

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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

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