Anaesthesia-related maternal mortality in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis Soha Sobhy, MBBS, Prof Javier Zamora, PhD, Kuhan Dharmarajah, MRCOG, David Arroyo-Manzano, MSc, Matthew Wilson, MD, Ramesan Navaratnarajah, MRCOG, Prof Arri Coomarasamy, MD, Prof Khalid S Khan, MSc, Prof Shakila Thangaratinam, PhD The Lancet Global Health Volume 4, Issue 5, Pages e320-e327 (May 2016) DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30003-1 Copyright © 2016 Sobhy et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Study selection *Some studies have been used in more than one category. The Lancet Global Health 2016 4, e320-e327DOI: (10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30003-1) Copyright © 2016 Sobhy et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Risk of bias assessment (A) Studies of anaesthesia-attributed maternal mortality rates. (B) Studies evaluating anaesthesia-related risk factors and maternal and fetal complications. The Lancet Global Health 2016 4, e320-e327DOI: (10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30003-1) Copyright © 2016 Sobhy et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Maternal and fetal complications in women exposed to general versus neuraxial anaesthesia in low-income and middle-income countries The Lancet Global Health 2016 4, e320-e327DOI: (10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30003-1) Copyright © 2016 Sobhy et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY Terms and Conditions