McKayla Poppens, Rasheedat Oke, Melissa Carvalho, Yeranui Ledesma, Silas Okullu, Mary Goretty Ariokot, Esther Agwang, Peter Ekuchu, Hyginus Wange, Marissa Boeck, Catherine Juillard, Mary Margaret Ajiko, Rochelle Dicker
BACKGROUND: Deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth are extremely high in low-resource countries such as Uganda. Maternal mortality in low- and middle-income countries is related to delays in seeking, reaching, and receiving adequate health care. This study aimed to investigate the in-hospital delays to surgical care for women in labor arriving to Soroti Regional Referral Hospital (SRRH). METHODS: From January 2017 to August 2020, we collected data on obstetric surgical patients in labor using a locally developed, context-specific obstetrics surgical registry...
March 10, 2023: World Journal of Surgery