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Maternal mortality due to cardiac disease in Sri Lanka
- Source :
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International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics . Mar2009, Vol. 104 Issue 3, p194-198. 5p. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- <bold>Objective: </bold>To investigate Sri Lankan maternal deaths due to heart disease and to consider low-cost interventions to reduce these deaths.<bold>Methods: </bold>A qualitative study based on retrospective audit of all maternal deaths and late maternal deaths in Sri Lanka caused by cardiac disease in 2004.<bold>Results: </bold>A total of 145 maternal deaths were recorded in 2004, for a maternal mortality rate of 38 per 100,000. There were 42 indirect deaths, 25 of which were due to cardiac disease; 23 deaths had a specific cardiac cause listed. Standard care was identified in prepregnancy counseling, contraception, and prenatal community and specialist care.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Cardiac disease is a major cause of maternal mortality in Sri Lanka, second only to postpartum hemorrhage. Rheumatic mitral valve disease is responsible for more than a third of maternal deaths from cardiac disease. Substandard care was identified in all cases; strategies to improve care could allow a reduction in maternal cardiac deaths. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *MATERNAL mortality
*HEART diseases
*PRENATAL care
*HEART disease related mortality
*HEART disease complications
*CARDIOVASCULAR diseases in pregnancy
*COMPARATIVE studies
*CAUSES of death
*LABOR complications (Obstetrics)
*MATERNAL health services
*RESEARCH methodology
*MEDICAL quality control
*MEDICAL cooperation
*RESEARCH
*EVALUATION research
*RETROSPECTIVE studies
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00207292
- Volume :
- 104
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 36566584
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgo.2008.10.031