Health of women after severe obstetric complications in Burkina Faso: a longitudinal study

Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness Plans among Antenatal Attendees at Primary Health Centre of District Jhansi, U.P, India

“…The finding that many of the referrals were in critical condition at admission suggests possible delays in making the decision to refer (possibly due to difficulty in diagnosis), delays in reaching the referral hospital or poor quality of care at the referring health facility. Indeed, diagnostic delays and misdiagnosis are responsible for many of the near-miss mortality and are common among emergency obstetric referrals [16,17].…”

The role of delays in severe maternal morbidity and mortality: expanding the conceptual framework

“…The likelihood of developing additional severe clinical conditions and even dying some time after the first event are higher compared to the general population. 53,54 A woman may suffer from acute or chronic clinical conditions as a consequence of the underlying disease or the interventions that saved her life, such as getting an infectious disease like hepatitis from blood transfusions or surgery, or from continuing obstetric problems. Or she may suffer from psychological problems due to what she has been through.…”

Mortality after near-miss obstetric complications in Burkina Faso: medical, social and health-care factors

“…Findings from the first year of follow-up have been reported elsewhere. 8,11,12 We used the verbal autopsy method to make detailed enquiries about any woman who died. This approach determines the cause of death by asking lay respondents about the signs exhibited and the symptoms experienced by the deceased and is used when data from routine information systems are incomplete.…”

“…2,3 However, little is known about long-term outcomes following these complications. 4 Recent studies document a substantial degree of physical and psychological morbidity in their aftermath [5][6][7][8][9][10] and the high cost of emergency obstetric care has serious social and economic consequences. 11,12 Although women's lives are known to remain at risk for several months beyond the 42-day cut-off used in standard definitions of maternal death, 13 few studies have examined survival beyond this period in women who experience severe obstetric complications.…”