Abstract

Introduction : Maternal death in Indonesia was still high therefore efforts was needed to suppress this maternal mortality rate.Objective : To determine risk factors of maternal mortality and morbidity.Methods : This was a descriptive study using cross sectional design with study sample including all laboring mother in Obstetric Department of Dr. M. Djamil General Hospital Padang from December 2019 to February 2020 period. Sample were collected using total sampling technique with total of 119 samples included in this study. Data was collected from patients’ medical record, including age, gestational age, gravidity, history of labor, diagnosis, method of delivery, maternal condition, and neonates condition at birth.Results : Mean of age was 30.6 ± 5.4 years, mean of maternal age was 36.1 ± 3.8 weeks, about 77 patients (64.7%) were multipara, 49 patients (41.2%) had history of spontaneous labor, most frequent diagnosis were severe preeclampsia in 20 patients (16.8%), impending eclampsia in 9 patients (7.6%), history of cesarean section 8 patients (6.7%), twin pregnancy 7 patients (5.9%), and pregnancy with positive HBsAg in 7 patients (5,9%). Total 32 patients (26.9%) were referred patients from various general hospital in West Sumatra. A total of 105 patients (88.2%) had cesarean section. Mean birth weight of neonates was 2363.4 ± 964.7 gram, mean birth length was 44.1 ± 5.9 cm, mean apgar score in the first 1 minutes was 5,9 ± 2,2, and mean apgar score in the first 5 minutes 7.4 ± 2.3. During 3 months of study, total maternal deaths were found in 3 patients due to complicated eclampsia, severe preeclampsia, and maternal congenital heart disease, while neonatal death was found in 8 babies, where 6 (75%) had IUFD, and 2 (25%) had very low birth weight dying in the first 24 hours of life due to respiratory failure.Conclusion : Most of labored mother were multiparas with history of spontaneous birth, and mostly diagnosed as severe preeclampsia with method of delivery of cesarean section, and maternal and neonatal death were still occurred.Keywords: Death, Maternal, Neonatal

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