Maternal mortality rates in the last eight years: A university hospital-based study from Turkey

From: Journal of Maternal - Fetal & Neonatal Medicine | Date: June 1, 2006| Author: Malatyalioglu, Erdal; Kokcu, Arif; Cetinkaya, Mehmet B; Alper, Tayfun; Tosun, Migraci | Copyright information

Abstract

Objective. To analyze the cause of changing maternal mortality ratios (MMRs) in a tertiary women's health center in Turkey in the last eight years.

Materials and methods. Charts of patients seen between 1998 and 2005 were retrospectively reviewed. Statistical analysis was performed using the Chi-square test. The results were accepted to be significant when the p value was <0.05.

Results. During this period, 27 pregnancy-related deaths were identified via hospi...

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