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Maternal Mortality: A Report from a University Hospital in Ankara
Author(s) -
Ayhan Ali,
Tuncer Z. Selçuk,
Bilgin Filiz,
Gürgan Timur
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
asia‐oceania journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 0389-2328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1990.tb00360.x
Subject(s) - medicine , maternal morbidity , university hospital , maternal mortality rate , demography , maternal death , disease , pediatrics , emergency medicine , pregnancy , environmental health , health services , population , genetics , sociology , biology
Maternal mortality was found to be 140 deaths per 100,000 live births in Hacettepe University Hospital. Infection, hemorrhage and cardiac disease were still the leading causes of maternal deaths. It is possible to reduce the maternal mortality due to these largely preventable causes if standards of care and treatment are raised to a higher level throughout the country.