BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2002
Violent deaths: the hidden face of maternal mortality.
СтатьяНазвание и аннотация: Перевод в очереди
Обработка статьи · этапы, ошибки и управление
Загрузка состояния…
Ошибки и ограничения
История · было → стало
Состояние обновляется каждые 5 секунд, пока блок открыт. Процент показывается только там, где известен объём работы. Пауза останавливает продолжение этапа; текущий запрос к источнику может завершиться.
Granja Ana Carla, Zacarias Eugenio, Bergström Staffan
Аннотация
OBJECTIVE: To review pregnancy-related deaths due to injuries, to identify the characteristics of these women and to compare the magnitude of injury-related maternal deaths to that of other causes of maternal death.
DESIGN: A retrospective study was performed during a five-year period (1991-1995), covering deaths from injuries, including suicide, homicide and accidents in Maputo, Mozambique.
SETTING: Department of Forensic Medicine at the Maputo Central Hospital, Mozambique.
POPULATION: The pregnant or recently pregnant (post-abortion and postpartum) population of Maputo city, the national capital of Mozambique. Twenty-seven cases of pregnancy-related deaths caused by injuries were identified.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Proportion of deaths due to homicide, suicide, and accidents in pregnant women or within 42 days after termination of pregnancy.
RESULTS: Ten cases were due to alleged homicide, nine to alleged suicide and six to alleged accident. Fifty-nine percent (16/27) of women suffering an injury-related maternal death were younger than 25 years of age. Eighty-five percent of pregnancies were less than 28 weeks of gestational age. The magnitude of the problem of violence-related maternal deaths compares with the magnitude of pregnancy-induced hypertension as the fourth cause of maternal death at Maputo Central Hospital.
CONCLUSION: The contribution of violence-related deaths tomaternal mortality is significant and must not be neglected.
DESIGN: A retrospective study was performed during a five-year period (1991-1995), covering deaths from injuries, including suicide, homicide and accidents in Maputo, Mozambique.
SETTING: Department of Forensic Medicine at the Maputo Central Hospital, Mozambique.
POPULATION: The pregnant or recently pregnant (post-abortion and postpartum) population of Maputo city, the national capital of Mozambique. Twenty-seven cases of pregnancy-related deaths caused by injuries were identified.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Proportion of deaths due to homicide, suicide, and accidents in pregnant women or within 42 days after termination of pregnancy.
RESULTS: Ten cases were due to alleged homicide, nine to alleged suicide and six to alleged accident. Fifty-nine percent (16/27) of women suffering an injury-related maternal death were younger than 25 years of age. Eighty-five percent of pregnancies were less than 28 weeks of gestational age. The magnitude of the problem of violence-related maternal deaths compares with the magnitude of pregnancy-induced hypertension as the fourth cause of maternal death at Maputo Central Hospital.
CONCLUSION: The contribution of violence-related deaths tomaternal mortality is significant and must not be neglected.