Gunilla Lindmark

TL;DR: High coverage of essential interventions did not imply reduced maternal mortality in the health-care facilities the authors studied, and the maternal severity index (MSI) had good accuracy for maternal death prediction in women with markers of organ dysfunction.

TL;DR: The following are recommended in order to increase awareness of danger signs of obstetrical complications: to improve quality of counseling and involving other family members in antenatal and postnatal care, to use radio messages and educational sessions targeting the whole community and to intensify provision of formal education.

TL;DR: There was significant association between multiple gestation and increased incidence of preterm labor, anemia, urinary tract infection, puerperal endometritis, and cesarean delivery and the incidences of premature rupture of membranes, third-trimester bleeding, and gestational diabetes mellitus.

TL;DR: In hospitals applying this policy of second opinion, 22 intrapartum caesarean sections could be prevented per 1000 deliveries, without affecting maternal or perinatal morbidity, and without affecting mothers' satisfaction with the care process.

TL;DR: An antenatal care programme with fewer more objectively oriented visits can be introduced without adverse effects on the main intermediate outcome pregnancy variables.