{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,18]],"date-time":"2026-08-18T02:03:59Z","timestamp":1787018639645,"version":"build-2736575974"},"reference-count":15,"publisher":"SAGE Publications","issue":"2","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2007,4,1]],"date-time":"2007-04-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1175385600000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/page\/policies\/text-and-data-mining-license"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Trop Doct"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2007,4]]},"abstract":"<jats:p>The aim of this review is to determine the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) in a Nigerian tertiary health institution (University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria). The review was done through a retrospective analysis of maternal mortality records. The MMR for the 6-year period (1997-2002) was 825 per 100,000 live births. The common causes of maternal mortality included severe pre-eclampsia\/eclampsia, 30 (27.8%); haemorrhage, 22 (20.4%) and complications of unsafe abortion 16 (14.8%). Grandmultiparous and patients aged 40 years and above were at the highest risk. This hospital-based MMR is very high and when compared with previous reports showed a 150% increase. Most of the maternal deaths are, however, preventable. Increased efforts at educating women, improvement of the socioeconomic conditions of the populace and strong political commitment in making emergency obstetric care available in rural and district hospitals are some of the measures that need to be adopted to reduce this avoidable tragedy.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1177\/004947550703700207","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,7,17]],"date-time":"2017-07-17T19:05:48Z","timestamp":1500318348000},"page":"83-85","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Maternal mortality in a Nigerian teaching hospital - a continuing tragedy"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"37","author":[{"given":"A P","family":"Aboyeji","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Maternity Wing, Ilorin, Nigeria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"M A","family":"Ijaiya","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Maternity Wing, Ilorin, Nigeria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"A A","family":"Fawole","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Maternity Wing, Ilorin, Nigeria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2007,4,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-004947550703700207","first-page":"74","volume":"21","author":"Audu LR","year":"2002","journal-title":"W Afr J Med"},{"key":"bibr2-004947550703700207","first-page":"22","volume":"25","author":"Adegbola O Oye","year":"2003","journal-title":"Afr Health"},{"key":"bibr3-004947550703700207","volume":"7","author":"Elizabeth IR","year":"2002","journal-title":"Populat Ref Bureau"},{"key":"bibr4-004947550703700207","first-page":"15","author":"Aboyeji AP","year":"1998","journal-title":"Trop J Obstet Gynaecol"},{"key":"bibr5-004947550703700207","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0020-7292(87)90001-4"},{"key":"bibr6-004947550703700207","first-page":"18","volume":"1","author":"Adetoro OO","year":"1988","journal-title":"Trop J Obstet Gynaecol"},{"key":"bibr7-004947550703700207","unstructured":"UNFPA Population Reference Bureau Nigeria. Country profiles for population and reproductive health: policy developments and indicators New York: UNFPA, 2003: 72"},{"key":"bibr8-004947550703700207","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1447-0756.2001.tb01249.x"},{"key":"bibr9-004947550703700207","unstructured":"Orero S, Oyo OC, Ogattu M, Obunga C, Ombake C. Mobilising resources to repair hospital beds and equipment to improve obstetric care in Western Kenya. Regional Prevention of Maternal Mortality Network. Second Generation Result Conference, Accra 2003: 4"},{"key":"bibr10-004947550703700207","volume":"3","author":"Mazimba C","year":"2003","journal-title":"Second Generation Result Conference, Accra"},{"key":"bibr11-004947550703700207","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1471-0528.1996.tb09546.x"},{"key":"bibr12-004947550703700207","volume-title":"Nigeria: Common Country Assessment.","author":"United Nation System in Nigeria.","year":"2001"},{"key":"bibr13-004947550703700207","first-page":"2","volume":"31","author":"Olatunji AO","year":"1996","journal-title":"Nig Med Pract"},{"key":"bibr14-004947550703700207","first-page":"76","volume":"20","author":"Egwatu VE","year":"2003","journal-title":"Trop J Obstet Gynaecol"},{"key":"bibr15-004947550703700207","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1728-4465.2000.00274.x"}],"container-title":["Tropical Doctor"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/004947550703700207","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/004947550703700207","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,1]],"date-time":"2026-05-01T13:28:14Z","timestamp":1777642094000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/004947550703700207"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2007,4]]},"references-count":15,"journal-issue":{"issue":"2","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2007,4]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1177\/004947550703700207"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/004947550703700207","relation":{},"ISSN":["0049-4755","1758-1133"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0049-4755","type":"print"},{"value":"1758-1133","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2007,4]]}}}