title: High maternal mortality and stillbirth in the Wad Medani Hospital, Central Sudan, 2003-2007.
abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence and causes of maternal deaths and stillbirths at the Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Wad Medani, Sudan, from 1 January 2003 through 31 December 2007. All maternal deaths and stillbirths during this period were reviewed and classified retrospectively. There were 146 maternal deaths and 33034 live births, giving a maternal mortality ratio of 442/100,000 live births. The age range was 18-42 years with a mean (standard deviation) of 30.57 (5.26) years. The most common cause of death was septicaemia following obstructed labour or abortion-related sepsis, followed by haemorrhage, pre-eclampsia/ecalampsia, viral hepatitis and malaria. The stillbirth rate was 29/1000 births; the majority of which (8/1000) were macerated stillbirths.
authors.affiliation: University of Geizera, Wad Medani, Khartoum, Sudan.
authors.forename: Elhassan M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Elhassan
authors.forename: Omer A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Mirghani
authors.forename: Ishag
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Adam
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D050497:Stillbirth / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013397:Sudan / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult