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Table 4 End of pregnancy and birth outcomes in our study population

From: Maternal Near Miss and quality of care in a rural Rwandan hospital

 

No severe complication (%)

Potentially life-threatening conditions (%)

Maternal near miss cases (%)

Maternal deaths (%)

All women

 

3922

332

86

13

4353

End of pregnancy

 Vaginal Delivery

2344 (59.8)

113 (34.1)

18 (20.9)

7 (53.8)

2482 (57.1)

 Vacuum Extraction

156 (3.9)

37 (11.1)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

193 (4.4)

 Cesarean section

1277 (32.6)

125 (37.7)

37 (43)

3 (23.1)

1442 (33.1)

 Complete abortion, vacuum aspiration/curettage

94 (2.4)

33 (9.9)

7 (8.1)

0 (0.0)

134 (3.1)

 Laparotomy for ruptured uterus

0 (0.0)

3 (0.9)

11 (12.8)

1 (7.7)

15 (0.3)

 Women discharged or died still pregnant

17 (0.4)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

2 (15.4)

19 (0.4)

 Laparotomy for ectopic pregnancy

34 (0.9)

21 (6.3)

13 (15.2)

0 (0.0)

68 (1.6)

 Cesarean section ratea

n/a (33.8)

n/a (45)

n/a (56.1)

n/a (27.3)

n/a (34.9)

 Preterm Birth

268 (7.1)

32 (11.5)

5 (7.6)

2 (18.1)

307 (7.4)

 Fresh Stillbirth

46 (1.2)

5 (1.8)

6 (9.1)

3 (27.3)

60 (1.5)

 Macerated Stillbirth

76 (2.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (9.1)

77 (1.9)

 Perinatal deathb

107 (2.83)

17 (6.1)

6 (9.1)

5 (45.5)

130 (3.1)

  1. aCesarean deliveries divided by all deliveries/bFetal deaths + intra hospital early neonatal mortality