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Table 4 Comparison between the sub-categories of complications of hypertension in pregnancy and their Mortality Indices.

From: Evaluation of a strict protocol approach in managing women with severe disease due to hypertension in pregnancy: A before and after study

 

1997–1998

2002–2003

p MI

 

MD

SAMM

Total

%

MI

MD

SAMM

Total

%

MI

 

Chronic Hypertension

1

2

3

3.1

33.3

1

4

5

4.8

20.0

 

Proteinuric Hypertension

6

22

28

28.9

21.4

4

30

34

32.7

11.8

0.49

Eclampsia*

9

38

47

48.5

19.1

6

22

28

26.9

21.4

0.52

HELLP**

2

17

19

19.6

10.5

1

35

36

34.6

2.8

0.27

Liver rupture

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

1

0

1

1.0

100.0

 

All Hypertension

18

79

97

100

18.5

13

91

104

100

12.5

0.32

  1. MD – Maternal Death; SAMM – Severe acute maternal morbidity; MI – Mortality Index
  2. * – Significant decline in proportion of eclampsia from 1997/8 to 2002/3, p = 0.0026
  3. ** – Significant increase in proportion of women with HELLP syndrome 1997/8 to 2002/3, p = 0.026