Autopsy study of maternal deaths
| Autor: | S.D Deshmukh, A.N Kavatkar, Neil S. Sahasrabudhe, M.V Jadhav |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Anemia Population Pregnancy Complications Cardiovascular India Autopsy Pregnancy Cause of Death medicine Humans education Cause of death Retrospective Studies education.field_of_study business.industry Obstetrics Obstetrics and Gynecology Retrospective cohort study General Medicine medicine.disease Surgery Pregnancy Complications Maternal Mortality Hypertension Etiology Maternal death Female business |
| Zdroj: | International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. 81(1) |
| ISSN: | 0020-7292 |
| Popis: | Objectives: To obtain an insight into the underlying disorder or pathologies in different organs or systems, and to attempt clinicopathologic correlation in maternal deaths. Methods: This is a retrospective study of 95 maternal autopsies done from 1993 to 2000 in Sassoon General Hospital, Pune, India. External examination, in situ examination, gross and microscopic examination was done in each case. The cause of death was arrived at after reviewing clinical details, available investigations, morphological findings, and clinicopathologic correlation. Results: Ninety-five (45.02%) out of 211 maternal deaths were autopsied. Out of 95, there were 47 (49.5%) direct obstetric deaths, and 33 (34.7%) indirect obstetric deaths. Fifteen (15.8%) deaths were unrelated to pregnancy, 14 of which were due to infections. Conclusions: Hypertensive disorders associated with pregnancy (24.2%) and anemia (14.7%) were most common. In the hypertensive group, important findings were disseminated intravascular coagulation, hemorrhages in different organs and thromboemboli. Two cases were HIV seropositive. The autopsy helped to elucidate factors contributing to death and pathology in different organ systems. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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