Sitaula, Sarita
Basnet, Tulasa
Agrawal, Ajay
Manandhar, Tara
Das, Dipti
Shrestha, Prezma
Article History
Received: 9 February 2021
Accepted: 1 June 2021
First Online: 1 July 2021
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for the study was obtained from institutional review committee(IRC) of BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences Dharan, Nepal (IRC number: IRC/1772/020). All of the methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.This is a retrospective study and the decision to conduct the research was made after the death of the women, hence we do not have the consent from patient perse. Thus, the aims and objective of this study proposal was designed and submitted to the institutional review committee (IRC) of B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan. The ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Committee with reference number 442/076/077- IRC and code No.: IRC/1772/020, email ID: <u>irc@bpkihs.edu</u> for the study despite not having the patient consent. The Hospital Director and the Head of the Department of the hospital were informed about the purpose of the study, and approval were obtained for the retrieval of data from case sheets after ethical clearance from the IRC.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interest.