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Table 3 Obstetric complications in women displayed according to the maternal outcomes

From: Maternal near misses from two referral hospitals in Uganda: a prospective cohort study on incidence, determinants and prognostic factors

Characteristics

Number (percentage)

Number (percentage)

Number (percentage)

Number (percentage)

p-value

All patients

Maternal deaths

Maternal near miss

NLTC

N = 3100

N = 130

N = 695

N = 2275

ΩObstetric Haemorrhage

    

<0.001

 Antepartum

136 (4.4)

7 (5.4)

82 (11.8)

47 (2.0)

 Postpartum

230 (7.4)

35 (26.9)

102 (14.7)

93 (4.0)

 Ruptured uterus

154 (5.0)

27 (20.8)

115 (16.5)

12 (0.5)

ΩAbortion-related

    

0.007

 Haemorrhage

41 (1.3)

5 (3.8)

23 (3.3)

13 (0.6)

 Postabortion sepsis

8 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

6 (0.9)

2 (0.1)

 Septic abortion

20 (0.6)

0 (0.0)

10 (1.4)

10 (0.4)

Hypertensive disorders

    

<0.001

 Severe Preeclampsia

218 (7.0)

5 (3.8)

79 (11.4)

134 (6.0)

 Eclampsia

172 (5.5)

13 (10)

132 (19.0)

27 (1.2)

 Chronic Hypertension

4 (0.1)

0 (0.0)

4 (0.6)

0 (0.0)

 HELLP Syndrome

9 (0.3)

2 (1.5)

7 (1.0)

0 (0.0)

 Puerperal sepsis

114 (3.7)

14 (10.8)

82 (11.8)

18 (0.8)

<0.001

 Obstructed labor

564 (18.2)

19 (14.6)

42 (6.0)

503 (22.1)

<0.001

Timing of the complications

    

<0.001

 &aAntepartum

1431 (48.1)

39 (30.0)

263 (37.8)

1129 (49.6)

 Postpartum

156 (5.2)

5 (3.9)

59 (8.5)

92 (4.0)

 Intrapartum

571 (19.2)

20 (15.6)

133 (19.1)

418 (18.4)

 Antepartum and intrapartum

449 (15.1)

34 (26.1)

91 (13.1)

324 (14.2)

 Intrapartum and postpartum

325 (10.9)

27 (20.0)

100 (14.4)

199 (8.8)

 Occurred in all three periods

45 (1.5)

6 (4.6)

49 (7.0)

113 (5.0)

∞Mode of delivery

    

<0.001

 Vaginal delivery

234 (15.5)

23 (28.4)

115 (21.2)

96 (10.8)

 βCaesarean section or laparotomy

1266 (83.8)

56 (69.1)

424 (78.1)

786 (88.7)

 Assisted delivery

10 (0.7)

2 (2.5)

4 (0.7)

4 (0.5)

  1. Ω Multiple responses, so percentage does not add up to 100 %; a Antepartum complications include sickle cell anemia, severe asthmatic attack and severe malaria in pregnancy; & All antenatal and abortion complications included in this group; ∞ Mode of delivery for 1510 women where delivery occurred; β Laparotomy for ruptured uterus