Case review of perinatal deaths at hospitals in Kigali, Rwanda: perinatal audit with application of a three-delays analysis

Table 2 Maternal morbidity during pregnancy and labour among the cases of perinatal death at two hospitals in Kigali, Rwanda July 2012– May 2013

Maternal diseases and complications	Perinatal deaths
Maternal diseases and complications	n	%
Hypertensive disorders^a	40	16
HIV/AIDS	30	12
Bleeding^b	18	7
Chorioamniotitis/sepsis	7	3
Diabetes mellitus^c	4	2
Uterine rupture	4	2
Malaria	2	1
Severe anaemia	1	0
Others^d	3	1
All	94	38
None	156	62
Total	250	100

Note that the total of individual diseases/complications (n = 109) was higher than that of deaths (n = 94) because women could have several diseases/complications
^a Hypertensive disorders: preeclampsia (n = 32), pre-existing hypertension (n = 5) eclampsia (n = 3)
^b Bleeding: placenta abruption (n = 13), placenta praevia (n = 4)
^c Diabetes mellitus: gestational (n = 3) or pre-existing (n = 1)
^d Others: Asthma (n = 2), cardiac disease (n = 1)

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