Table 4 Characteristics of obstetric complications
Characteristic; N=67 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Type of referral; N=66* | n | % | ||
emergency referral by health facility | 37 | 56% | ||
emergency self-referral | 9 | 14% | ||
subtotal: any emergency admission | 46 | 70% | ||
elective referral by health facility | 14 | 21% | ||
elective self-referral | 6 | 9% | ||
Type of emergency transport to hospital; N=37* | Emergency referral | Emergency self-referral | Total | |
n | % | |||
ambulance | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16% |
private car | 19 | 3 | 22 | 59% |
motorbike | 7 | 1 | 8 | 22% |
on foot | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3% |
Type of near-miss complication | n | % | ||
rupture of extrauterine gravidity | 6 | 9% | ||
other antepartum haemorrhage | 10 | 15% | ||
postpartum haemorrhage | 10 | 15% | ||
intra-/postoperative haemorrhage | 2 | 3% | ||
subtotal: any NM haemorrhage | 28 | 42% | ||
prae-eclampsia | 5 | 7% | ||
eclampsia | 12 | 18% | ||
subtotal: any NM hypertensive disorder | 17 | 25% | ||
obstructed labour without uterine rupture | 4 | 6% | ||
obstructed labour with uterine rupture | 9 | 13% | ||
subtotal: any NM obstructed labour | 13 | 19% | ||
postabortion infection/sepsis | 4 | 6% | ||
postpartum infection/sepsis | 2 | 3% | ||
subtotal: any NM infection/sepsis | 6 | 9% | ||
NM anaemia | 3 | 4% | ||