Time of hospital admission and maternal death.

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healthcare

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paper

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OngLawGhaGbe

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Aim

To determine the institutional maternal mortality ratio (iMMR) and avoidable factors (AVFs) before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in a tertiary hospital in South Africa.

Methods

This was a retrospective cross-sectional study. We reviewed medical records to compare iMMR and associated AVFs two years before (March 2018 – February 2020) and two years during (March 2020 – February 2022) COVID-19 pandemic.

Results

Fifty-eight maternal deaths were recorded but available data was 57 (35 before and 22 during COVID-19 pandemic). The highest iMMR per 100,000 live births over a 12-month period was 329.1 before and 201.8 during COVID-19 pandemic. The mean ages were 31.0 ± 6.9 and 31 ± 6.2 years, p = 0.822 before and during COVID-19 pandemic, respectively. During COVID-19 pandemic, 40.9% (9/22) were diagnosed with COVID-19. Before and during the pandemic, 71.4% (25/35) and 68.2% (15/22) p = 1.0 were admitted into an intensive care unit (ICU), respectively, with corresponding 74.3% (26/35) and 50% (11/22), p = 0.026 requiring mechanical ventilation. There was a significant difference in the primary causes of death (p = 0.009) for the two periods, with preeclampsia with severe features (22.9%, 8/35) being the leading cause before COVID-19 pandemic compared to COVID-19 (31.8%, 7/22) during the pandemic. AVFs related to healthcare professionals were the most common occurring in 22/35 and 12/22 of the deceased before and during COVID-19 pandemic, respectively. Before COVID-19 pandemic, the most frequent patient-, healthcare professional-, and administrative-related AVFs were failure to book for antenatal care, administration of wrong treatment, and lack of ICU/high care bed spaces, respectively. During COVID-19 pandemic, the most common patient-, healthcare professional- and administrative-related AVFs were delay in seeking medical treatment, lack of critical care skills, and unavailability of ICU/high-care bed spaces, respectively.

Conclusion

iMMR was lower during than before the COVID-19 pandemic. AVFs related to healthcare professionals were the most common.

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