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Table 3 Major obstetric hemorrhage associated with severe maternal outcomes (SMO) in Rwanda

From: Maternal near miss and mortality in a tertiary care hospital in Rwanda

Number (% of severe morbidity/mortality cases)a

No Hemorrhage

147(76)

Postpartum Hemorrhage

23 (51)

Uterine Rupture

10(5)

Ruptured Ectopic

5(2.6)

Placenta previa, accrete/increta/percreta

3(6.6)

Abortion Related

3(1.6)

Other (motor vehicle accident)

1 (2)

  1. asome patients experienced more than one severe morbidity; 36 (18.7 %) of patients experienced hemorrhage as the primary diagnosis