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Table 3 Distribution of MNM events in women with life threatening complications in private hospitals, Eastern Ethiopia, 2020

From: Maternal near miss among women admitted in major private hospitals in eastern Ethiopia: a retrospective study

Parameter

Frequency

Percent (%)

Maternal near miss(n)

108

 

Maternal death (n)

3

 

Clinical criteria

 Cyanosis

11

9.9

 Gasping

4

3.6

 Respiratory rate > 40 or < 6/min

6

5.4

 Shock

19

17.1

 Failure to form clots

1

0.9

 Loss of consciousness lasting ≥12 h

2

1.8

 Cardiac arrest

1

0.9

 Stroke

1

0.9

 Uncontrollable fit/total paralysis

2

1.8

 Jaundice in the presence of pre-eclampsia

1

0.9

 Eclampsia

20

18.0

 Uterine rupture

9

8.1

 Sepsis or severe systemic infection

26

23.4

 Pulmonary edema

2

1.8

 Severe abortion complications

7

6.3

 Severe pre-eclampsia with ICU admission

12

10.8

Any clinical criteria

88

79.3

Laboratory-based criteria

 Oxygen saturation < 90% for > 60 min

15

13.5

 Creatinine ≥300 μmol/l or ≥ 3.5 mg/dl

1

0.9

 Acute thrombocytopenia (< 50,000 platelets/ml)

9

8.1

 Loss of consciousness and ketoacids in urine

4

3.6

Any Laboratory-based criteria

27

24.3

Management based criteria

 Hysterectomy following infection or hemorrhage

9

8.1

 Transfusion of ≥2 units of red blood cells

38

34.2

 Intubation and ventilation for 60 min not related to anesthesia

7

6.3

 Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation

6

5.4

Any Management based criteria

51

45.9

Total severe maternal outcomesa

166

 
  1. aTotal exceeds total number of cases since some women have more than one inclusion criteria