O725 The effect of antenatal care on maternal mortality in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Obstetric Hysterectomy As A Surgical Intervention in the Management of Obstetric Haemorrhage At the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Nigeria.

“…[24][25][26] The high mortality may be due to delay in arrival to hospital as in most of the developing countries, health care system is poorly developed, most of the patients were un-booked coupled with late arrival to the hospital from the referral centers. [6,27] Obstetric hysterectomy is associated with extensive blood loss and need for higher number of transfusions. [5] Almost all the patients in the present study required blood transfusion as in previous studies.…”