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Table 2 Characteristics of obstetric case among maternal mortality (n = 65)

From: Prevalence and risk factors for maternal mortality at a tertiary care centre in Eastern Nepal- retrospective cross sectional study

Characteristics

Frequency (%)/ Mean ± SD

Period of admission

 Antepartum

43 (66.2)

 Postpartum

22 (33.8)

Period of death

 Antepartum

18 (27.7)

 Postpartum

47 (72.3)

 Gestational age(weeks)

36.15 ± 4.38

ANC care

 Yes

56 (78.9)

 No

9 (12.7)

 Don’t know

6 (8.5)

Booking status

 Booked

3 (4.6)

 Not booked

62 (95.4)

Complication in index pregnancy (n = 65)

 Yes

47 (72.3)

 No

18 (27.7)

Mode of delivery

 Vaginal

24 (36.9)

 Cesarean

23 (35.4)

 Not delivered

18 (27.7)

Place of delivery (n = 47)

 BPKIHS

28 (59.6)

 Outside

19 (40.4)

Fetal outcome (n = 47)a

 Alive

32 (68.1)

 Stillbirth

12 (25.5)

 NND

2 (4.3)

Hysterectomy

 Yes

8 (12.3)

 No

57 (87.7)

  1. aone women had spontaneously expelled fetus at 19 weeks