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Table 4 Symptoms and signs recalled by respondents in case studies

From: Care for perinatal illness in rural Nepal: a descriptive study with cross-sectional and qualitative components

Maternal deaths

Case 1

Case 2

Case 3

Case 4

Case 5

Case 6

Case 7

Case 8

Retained placenta

  

Postpartum haemorrhage

  

  

Prolonged labour

   

   

Fainting during pregnancy

     

  

Jaundice

     

  

Twin pregnancy

      

 

Neonatal deaths a

Case 1

Case 2

Case 3

Case 4

Case 5

Case 6

Case 7

Case 8

Suckling stopped

 

Shortness of breath

  

 

Yellow colour

  

     

Fever

  

     

No cry

   

    

Blue colour

      

 

Time of death

13 days

2 hours

12 days

5 mins

15 days

30 mins

14 days

5 days

  1. a Two case studies of neonatal deaths have been omitted from this table, since they were felt to be exceptional. In one case, the baby died in hospital after operative delivery. In the other, preterm twins died shortly after birth.
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