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Maternal mortality in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1983.tb09320.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 90, Issue 9, pages 809–814, September 1983
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CHATTOPADHYAY, S. K., SENGUPTA, B. S., CHATTOPADHYAY, C., ZAIDI, Z. and SHOWAIL, H. (1983), Maternal mortality in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 90: 809–814. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1983.tb09320.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Received 21 July 1982 Accepted 30 May 1983
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Summary. The maternal mortality in the Maternity and Children Hospital, Riyadh, during the years 1978–1980 was 52 per 100 000 births, when the total births were 55 428. This is higher than the rate reported from the hospitals in developed countries but lower than rates reported by the university hospitals of developing countries such as India, Thailand and Nigeria. Haemorrhage, associated disease, pulmonary embolism and infection, in that order, were the main causes of maternal deaths. The main avoidable factor was failure by the patient to seek the medical care. Much could be done in reducing deaths due to haemorrhage by improving blood transfusion facilities in the peripheral hospitals. Adequate health education, especially of rural women and their midwives, is a crucial factor in improving the maternal death rate for the country as a whole.