Table 5.

Frequency of organ dysfunction among maternal near-misscases in the four study hospitals^a,b

	Egypt	Lebanon	Palestine	Syria	All
	Al Galaa Hospital	Rafik Hariri University Hospital	Ramallah Hospital	Dar Al Tawleed Hospital
	N = 32	N = 5	N = 16	N = 18	N = 71
	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)
Cardiovascular dysfunction	19 (59.4)	0 (0)	2 (12.5)	3 (16.7)	24 (33.8)
Respiratory dysfunction	2 (6.3)	0 (0)	2 (12.5)	5 (27.8)	9 (12.7)
Renal dysfunction	1 (3.1)	3 (60.0)	2 (12.5)	2 (11.1)	8 (11.3)
Coagulation dysfunction	24 (75.0)	3 (60.0)	12 (75.0)	15 (83.3)	54 (76.1)
Hepatic dysfunction	4 (12.5)	4 (80.0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	8 (11.3)
Neurologic dysfunction	2 (6.3)	1 (20.0)	2 (12.5)	0 (0)	5 (7.0)
Uterine dysfunction	7 (21.9)	2 (40.0)	4 (25.0)	6 (33.3)	19 (26.8)

^aFor description of organ dysfunction, please note reference 21

^bSome cases may have encountered more than one dysfunction