EXTRAGENITAL PATHOLOGY IN THE STRUCTURE OF MATERNAL MORTALITY IN BAKU

Abstract

The results of an analysis of cases of maternal mortality due to extragenital diseases in Baku for 1996-2005 are presented. An analysis of primary medical documentation (birth history) revealed that over 10 years, 149 women died in maternity institutions in Baku. Extragenital pathology in the structure of maternal mortality from all causes takes 2nd place - 38 (25.5%). In our study, in the structure of maternal mortality caused by EGP, among the causes aggravating the course of pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period, the first place is occupied by diseases of the cardiovascular system - 9 (23.7%), the second place is occupied by infectious diseases - 8 (21%), third - diseases of the respiratory system - 6 (15.8%), fourth/fifth place with equal frequency is occupied by diseases of the digestive system and urological diseases - 4 each (10.5%), sixth - diseases of the endocrine system 3 (7.9%) (diabetes mellitus - 1, thyroid disease - 1, obesity - 1), seventh/eighth - with the same frequency, diseases of the nervous system and cancer - 2 (5.3%). Compared to the previous five-year period (1996-2000), in the last five-year period (2001-2005) there has been a tendency to increase the frequency of extragenital pathology (23% and 15%, respectively). More than half of the cases of maternal deaths from extragenital pathology were unpreventable.