[Maternal deaths and anesthetics in the Lomé (Togo) University Hospital].

Aim: To assess the results of anesthesia practices in a department particularly inadequately staffed with physicians specializing in anesthesiology.

Setting And Methods: This six-month prospective study (from January through June 2002) took place in the anesthesiology/intensive care unit of the obstetrics and gynecology department of Lomé University Hospital Center. A case report file was completed for each patient, and all anesthetics administered in the obstetrical department (labor and delivery room) were recorded and considered.