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

• DOI: 10.2471/blt.11.094011
• Publication Date: 2015-02-23T15:23:08Z
• Authors: Katerini T Storeng; Seydou Drabo; Rasmané Ganaba; Johanne Sundby; Clara Calvert; Véronique Filippi
• Keywords: Verbal autopsy; Medical record; Maternal death

To investigate mortality in women Burkina Faso the 4 years following a life-threatening near-miss obstetric complication and to identify medical, social health-care-related causes of death.In total, 1014 were recruited after hospital discharge followed for up years: 337 had complications 677 uncomplicated pregnancies. Significant differences between groups assessed using Fisher's exact test. The medical death identified from records verbal autopsy data; factors associated with interviews deceased women's relatives.In years, 15 (5.3%) died group 5 (0.9%) pregnancies (P < 0.001). More than half deaths near miss, but none an delivery, pregnancy-related. Indirect contributed many these deaths, particularly human immunodeficiency virus infection. Relatives' accounts suggested that high cost poor quality health care, lack follow-up care unmet need contraception excess group.Women who initially survived increased risk all-cause pregnancy-related ensuing years. likelihood survival over longer term could be by offering continuum addresses indirect supplements emergency intrapartum provided current safe motherhood programmes.