title: One in Five Maternal Deaths in Bangladesh Associated with Acute Jaundice: Results from a National Maternal Mortality Survey.
abstract: We estimated the proportion of maternal deaths in Bangladesh associated with acute onset of jaundice. We used verbal autopsy data from a nationally representative maternal mortality survey to calculate the proportion of maternal deaths associated with jaundice and compared it to previously published estimates. Of all maternal deaths between 2008 and 2010, 23% were associated with jaundice, compared with 19% from 1998 to 2001. Approximately one of five maternal deaths was preceded by jaundice, unchanged in 10 years. Our findings highlight the need to better understand the etiology of these maternal deaths in Bangladesh.
authors.affiliation: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Rupal
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.affiliation: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Quamrun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Nahar
authors.affiliation: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh egurley@icddrb.org.
authors.forename: Emily S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Gurley
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001459:Bangladesh / Q000453:epidemiology; D002423:Cause of Death; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007565:Jaundice / Q000401:mortality*; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D055815:Young Adult