Open AccessMaternal mortality and associated near-misses among emergency intrapartum obstetric referrals in Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda
Author(s) -
Dan K. Kaye,
Florence Mirembe,
Florence Aziga,
B Namulema
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
east african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 0012-835X
DOI - 10.4314/eamj.v80i3.8684
Subject(s) - medicine , near miss , eclampsia , referral , maternal death , case fatality rate , pregnancy , obstetrics , cause of death , population , pediatrics , disease , family medicine , environmental health , genetics , forensic engineering , pathology , engineering , biology
Many maternal deaths (as well as related severe morbidity) are of women who do not attend antenatal care in a given health unit but are referred there when they develop life-threatening obstetric complications.
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