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. 2013 Jan 25;8(1):e54805. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054805

Table 3. Difficulties perceived by assessors.

1. No A-inclusion criterion for antepartum hemorrhage, despite consensus that all assessed cases of APH constituted MNM.
2. Not clear whether to include convulsions as part of eclampsia under C5 (neurological dysfunction: uncontrollable fits?).
3. Ectopic pregnancies and their complications are not part of the disease-specific (‘A’) criteria.
4. Unclear which infections can be defined as ‘severe systemic infections’ (A3).
5. Unclear whether to include a suspected ruptured uterus under criterion A4 or not.
6. Unclear whether to include uterine repair (in order to spare the uterus) and hysterectomy for uterine rupture under C6 (uterine dysfunction).
7. Not clear whether any caesarean section should be included as laparotomy (B2).
8. Not clear which definition of shock should be used.
9. Unclear what is meant by C5 (hepatic dysfunction): only in the presence of pre-eclampsia?
10. Malaria treatment is not part of the process indicators.
11. Not clear whether blood transfusion as a process indicator should be based on a minimum of units transfused.