Table 4.
Characteristics of obstetric complications
|
Characteristic; N=67 |
|
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of referral; N=66* | n | % | ||
| emergency referral by health facility |
37 |
56% |
||
| emergency self-referral |
9 |
14% |
||
|
subtotal: any emergency admission |
46 |
70% |
||
| elective referral by health facility |
14 |
21% |
||
| elective self-referral |
6 |
9% |
||
|
Type of emergency transport to hospital; N=37* |
Emergency referral |
Emergency self-referral |
Total |
|
| |
|
|
n |
% |
| ambulance |
5 |
1 |
6 |
16% |
| private car |
19 |
3 |
22 |
59% |
| motorbike |
7 |
1 |
8 |
22% |
| on foot |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3% |
|
Type of near-miss complication |
n |
% |
||
| rupture of extrauterine gravidity |
6 |
9% |
||
| other antepartum haemorrhage |
10 |
15% |
||
| postpartum haemorrhage |
10 |
15% |
||
| intra-/postoperative haemorrhage |
2 |
3% |
||
|
subtotal: any NM haemorrhage |
28 |
42% |
||
| prae-eclampsia |
5 |
7% |
||
| eclampsia |
12 |
18% |
||
|
subtotal: any NM hypertensive disorder |
17 |
25% |
||
| obstructed labour without uterine rupture |
4 |
6% |
||
| obstructed labour with uterine rupture |
9 |
13% |
||
|
subtotal: any NM obstructed labour |
13 |
19% |
||
| postabortion infection/sepsis |
4 |
6% |
||
| postpartum infection/sepsis |
2 |
3% |
||
|
subtotal: any NM infection/sepsis |
6 |
9% |
||
| NM anaemia | 3 | 4% | ||
*N smaller than expected due to missing data.