TY - JOUR
T1 - One in five maternal deaths in bangladesh associated with Acute Jaundice
T2 - Results from a national maternal mortality survey
AU - Shah, Rupal
AU - Nahar, Quamrun
AU - Gurley, Emily S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
PY - 2016/3
Y1 - 2016/3
N2 - We estimated the proportion of maternal deaths in Bangladesh associated with acute onset of jaundice. We used verbal autopsy data from a nationally representative maternal mortality survey to calculate the proportion of maternal deaths associated with jaundice and compared it to previously published estimates. Of all maternal deaths between 2008 and 2010, 23% were associated with jaundice, compared with 19% from 1998 to 2001. Approximately one of five maternal deaths was preceded by jaundice, unchanged in 10 years. Our findings highlight the need to better understand the etiology of these maternal deaths in Bangladesh.
AB - We estimated the proportion of maternal deaths in Bangladesh associated with acute onset of jaundice. We used verbal autopsy data from a nationally representative maternal mortality survey to calculate the proportion of maternal deaths associated with jaundice and compared it to previously published estimates. Of all maternal deaths between 2008 and 2010, 23% were associated with jaundice, compared with 19% from 1998 to 2001. Approximately one of five maternal deaths was preceded by jaundice, unchanged in 10 years. Our findings highlight the need to better understand the etiology of these maternal deaths in Bangladesh.
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U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0662
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0662
M3 - Article
C2 - 26755563
AN - SCOPUS:84960937219
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 94
SP - 695
EP - 697
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 3
ER -