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Erschienen in: The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India 1/2016

08.09.2015 | Original Article

Brought in Dead: An Avoidable Delay in Maternal Deaths

verfasst von: Aruna Kumar, Neha Agrawal

Erschienen in: The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India | Sonderheft 1/2016

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Abstract

Purpose

Maternal brought in dead are the patient who dies in the need of adequate medical care. These deaths are often not analyzed sincerely as they are not institutional deaths. Our aim is to find out actual life threatening cause of delay leading to death.

Method

Patients brought dead to casualty were seen by the doctors on duty in Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal round the clock. Cause of death was analyzed by verbal autopsy of attendants and referral letter from the institute. In this analytical study a complete evaluation of brought deaths from January 2011 to Decmeber 2014 was done.

Results

A total of 64 brought in deaths were reported in this 4 year duration. Most common cause of death was postpartum hemorrhage (54.68 %) followed by hypertension (15.62 %) and the most common cause of delay was delay in getting adequate treatment (56.25 %).

Conclusion

The brought in dead are the indicator of the three delays in getting health care. Challenges appear to be enormous to be tackled. Timely management proves to be critical in preventing maternal death. Thus it appears that community education about pregnancy and its complications, EmOC training at FRU and strict adherence to referral protocol may help us to reduce the brought dead burden.
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Metadaten
Titel
Brought in Dead: An Avoidable Delay in Maternal Deaths
verfasst von
Aruna Kumar
Neha Agrawal
Publikationsdatum
08.09.2015
Verlag
Springer India
Erschienen in
The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India / Ausgabe Sonderheft 1/2016
Print ISSN: 0971-9202
Elektronische ISSN: 0975-6434
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13224-015-0762-1

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