title: [Morbidity and mortality related to obstetrical transfers in the Bouafle health district of Ivory Coast].
abstract: During one year of observation, the reference hospital of the sanitary district Bouaflé received 112 women evacuated by peripheral structures. 90.2% of the average women who were 25.8 +/- 7.4 years old had been evacuated before their delivery. Their evacuation was mainly due to dystocia (56.2% of cases) post partum haemorrhage (5.4%) and amniotic infection (4.5%). The reasons of the evacuation did not correspond to the admission diagnosis in 45.5% of the case (51/112). The differences that could be observed concerned dystocia and ruptures of the uterus of which 2 cases out of 9 had been diagnosed before their evacuation. During the study, it was noticed the deaths of 4 mothers and 55 babies. These deaths registered most among the evacuees having used public transportation, having received less than 3 prenatal consultations, multiparous (Chi 2 = 10.32; p = 0.04) and having run more than 30 kilometers.
authors.affiliation: Institut National de Santé Publique, Abidjan-Côte d'Ivoire.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Diarra Nama
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Angbo
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Koffi
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Koffi
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Ekra
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D007560:Cote d'Ivoire / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D009017:Morbidity; D010298:Parity; D010360:Patient Transfer / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D014187:Transportation of Patients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014195:Travel