Indirect causes of maternal mortality at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital

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dc.contributor.authorCollison, A.H.K.
dc.contributor.authorPeterson, F.C.
dc.contributor.authorAniteye, P.
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-21T09:31:58Z
dc.date.available2019-10-21T09:31:58Z
dc.date.issued2003-12
dc.descriptionJournal Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractA total of 439 maternal deaths were recorded at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital from January 1995 to December 1999.0ne hundred and seventy-one (39%) of these deaths were due to indirect Causes which arc medical conditions complicating pregnancy. Anaemia was the leading medical cause of death and it was responsible for 46 (10.5%) of the deaths. Other important causes of death were sickle cell disease (7 .3%). ren al disease (4.1%) and diabetes mellitus (3.6%). The multidisciplinary approach in the management of medical conditions complicating pregnancy yields optimum results and there is the need to involve physicians in the management of these cases. Joint clinics in which the obstetrician and the physician see such patients will be idealen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ghanamedj.org/archives/GMJ%202003%20Vol%2037%20No%204/Maternal%20mortality%20at%20KBTH.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/32962
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherGhana Medical Journalen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries37;4
dc.subjectMaternal mortalityen_US
dc.subjectmedical conditions in pregnancyen_US
dc.subjectmultidisciplinary approachen_US
dc.subjectjoint clinicsen_US
dc.titleIndirect causes of maternal mortality at Korle Bu Teaching Hospitalen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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