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Table 5 Frequency of organ dysfunction among maternal near-misscases in the four study hospitalsa,b

From: A cross sectional study of maternal ‘near-miss’ cases in major public hospitals in Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria

 

Egypt

Lebanon

Palestine

Syria

All

Al Galaa Hospital

Rafik Hariri University Hospital

Ramallah Hospital

Dar Al Tawleed Hospital

 

N = 32

N = 5

N = 16

N = 18

N = 71

 

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Cardiovascular dysfunction

19 (59.4)

0 (0)

2 (12.5)

3 (16.7)

24 (33.8)

Respiratory dysfunction

2 (6.3)

0 (0)

2 (12.5)

5 (27.8)

9 (12.7)

Renal dysfunction

1 (3.1)

3 (60.0)

2 (12.5)

2 (11.1)

8 (11.3)

Coagulation dysfunction

24 (75.0)

3 (60.0)

12 (75.0)

15 (83.3)

54 (76.1)

Hepatic dysfunction

4 (12.5)

4 (80.0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

8 (11.3)

Neurologic dysfunction

2 (6.3)

1 (20.0)

2 (12.5)

0 (0)

5 (7.0)

Uterine dysfunction

7 (21.9)

2 (40.0)

4 (25.0)

6 (33.3)

19 (26.8)

  1. aFor description of organ dysfunction, please note reference 21
  2. bSome cases may have encountered more than one dysfunction