Severe maternal morbidity in the Asia Pacific: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Monitoring rates of severe maternal morbidity (such as eclampsia and uterine rupture) is useful to assess the quality of obstetric care, particularly in low and lower-middle-income countries (LMICs).

Methods

We undertook a systematic review characterising the proportion and causes of severe maternal morbidity in the Asia Pacific region. We searched Medline, Embase, Cochrane CENTRAL library and the World Health Organization Western Pacific Index database for studies in the Asia-Pacific reporting maternal morbidity/near miss using a predefined search strategy. We included cohort, case-control and cross-sectional studies published in English before September 2020. A meta-analysis was performed calculating the overall proportion of near miss events by sub-region, coun

SUBMITTER: De Silva M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8358707 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature