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Table 10 Maternal death by pre-operative diagnosis.

From: Postoperative outcome of caesarean sections and other major emergency obstetric surgery by clinical officers and medical officers in Malawi

Diagnosis

Number of deaths(n = 23)

Number with diagnosis

Case fatality rate

Eclampsia

3

52

5.7%

Obstructed labour

9

580

1.6%

Previous C/Section(s)

2

460

0.4%

Suspected ruptured uterus

5

87

5.7%

Fetal distress

1

264

0.4%

CPD

3

650

0.5%