Clinics in Mother and Child Health

Department of Nursing, Wollega University, Institute of Health Sciences, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Nekemte, Ethiopia

Publications

• Research Article   
  Magnitude, Characteristics, Maternal and Feto-neonatal Outcomes of Obstetric Emergencies in Western Ethiopia, Nekemte, Ethiopia, 2017
  Author(s): Ashenafi Habte Woyessa*, Jote Markos Cafo and Thanasekaran P
  
  Aim: In Ethiopia very little or probably nothing is known about significance of obstetric emergencies. This study was therefore aimed at assessing magnitude, characteristics, and outcomes of obstetric emergencies in western Ethiopia. Methods: Institution based prospective study was employed from January to June, 2017. To select the hospitals, area sampling technique was used. Total of 567 pregnant women with obstetric emergencies presented and treated in respective hospitals during the study periods and meet the inclusion criteria were consecutively included. Result: Majority (91.7%) of the identified obstetric emergencies have led to termination of pregnancy. Significant proportions (11%) of pregnant women who reached health facility were died of obstetric emergencies. Pregnant women with obstetric emergencies travelled to facility carried by people r were found to die about 8 times .. View more»
  

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