CGPH FACULTY: Suellen Miller
DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2014
REGION: Africa
REFERENCE: Curtis M, El Ayadi A, Mkumba G, Butrick E, Leech A, Geissler J, Miller S. Association between severe obstetric hemorrhage and HIV status. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2014 Jan 14. pii: S0020-7292(14)00010-1. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2013.10.010.
SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Obstetric hemorrhage is the most common cause of maternal mortality, accounting for 30% of global maternal deaths [3]. It is important to understand better the contribution of HIV to maternal death from obstetric hemorrhage. The aim of the present analysis was to investigate whether HIV infection was associated with severe obstetric hemorrhage among a group of peripartum women. We analyzed data collected at study entry for 349 women who participated in a cluster-randomized controlled trial of the non-pneumatic anti-shock garment in Zambia
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