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The WHO maternal near-miss approach and the maternal severity index model (MSI): tools for assessing the management of severe maternal morbidity.

PLoS ONE, 2012
ObjectivesTo validate the WHO maternal near-miss criteria and develop a benchmark tool for severe maternal morbidity assessments.MethodsIn a multicenter cross-sectional study implemented in 27 referral maternity hospitals in Brazil, a one-year ...
Joao Paulo Souza, Jose Guilherme Cecatti, Samira M Haddad, Mary Angela Parpinelli, Maria Laura Costa, Leila Katz, Lale Say, Brazilian Network for Surveillance of Severe Maternal Morbidity Group, Brazilian Network for Surveillance of Severe Maternal Morbidity   +8 more
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Severe Maternal Morbidity in Scotland [PDF]

Obstetric Anesthesia Digest, 2022
(Anaesthesia. 2022;77:971–980) The rate of maternal mortality in the United Kingdom is at its lowest in history. Studying severe maternal morbidity may give insights into how to further reduce both mortality and morbidity in pregnancy and childbirth.
J. A. Masterson, I. Adamestam, M. Beatty, J. P. Boardman, P. Johnston, J. Joss, H. Lawrence, K. Litchfield, T. S. Walsh, A. Wise, R. Wood, C. J. Weir, F. C. Denison, N. I. Lone   +13 more
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Measuring maternal health: focus on maternal morbidity

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2013
A reduction in maternal mortality has traditionally been used as a critical measure of progress in improving maternal health. If a 75% reduction in maternal mortality between 1990 and 2015 – the target set under Millennium Development Goal 5 – is to be attained, we must redouble our efforts.
Tabassum Firoz, Doris Chou, Peter von Dadelszen, Priya Agrawal, Rachel Vanderkruik, Ozge Tuncalp, Laura A Magee, Nynke van Den Broek, Lale Say   +8 more
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Severe maternal morbidity in pregnancies complicated by maternal seizure disorder [PDF]

Pregnancy
Introduction Seizure disorders are a common comorbidity of pregnancy, leading to increased maternal and neonatal complications. In particular, we sought to identify the impact of seizure disorders on severe maternal morbidity (SMM) and hypertensive ...
Janki Amin, Brianna Lau, Brandie D. Taylor, Calla Holmgren, Rachel K. Harrison   +4 more
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Collaborative improvement project to decrease maternal mortality rate across five hospitals in Saudi Arabia

BMJ Open Quality, 2022
Maternal morbidities and mortalities remain high globally, yet are preventable events. Maternal haemorrhage is a primary cause of both maternal morbidity and mortality.
Ahmed Alzahrani, Noura Alnowaiser, Mohamed Nassif, Teresa Bissen, Yasser K Alotaibi, Mawahib Wang   +5 more
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Doula care across the maternity care continuum and impact on maternal health: Evaluation of doula programs across three states using propensity score matching

EClinicalMedicine, 2022
Summary: Background: This evaluation of doula care emerges at a time when maternal mortality in the U.S. outranks every country in the developed world.
April M. Falconi, Samantha G. Bromfield, Trúc Tang, Demetria Malloy, Denae Blanco, RN Susan Disciglio, RN Winnie Chi   +6 more
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Study on maternal morbidity among the pregnant mothers attending a tertiary care hospital in Kolkata [PDF]

Al Ameen Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023
Introduction: Maternal morbidity represents hidden part of iceberg while maternal mortality represents its tip. Thus it is essential to prevent maternal morbidity to put a stop to maternal mortality and maternal near miss episode.
Sonali Sain
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Outcome of Women Referred with Postcaesarean Complication in a Tertiary Care Centre in North India: A Retrospective Study [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022
Introduction: Rate of Caesarean Sections (CS) has increased over the last few decades. There is an increased referral of women with postcaesarean complications. Aim: To evaluate the outcome of women with postcaesarean complications.
Smriti Agrawal, Tripathi Vartika
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Nutrition and maternal morbidity and mortality [PDF]

British Journal of Nutrition, 2001
Nearly 600 000 women die every year from pregnancy related conditions and the maternal mortality rates (MMR = deaths per 100 000 live births) in developing countries may be as high as 1000 compared with less than ten in industrialised countries. In the light of the striking impact of deficiencies of micronutrients such as vitamin A and zinc on immune ...
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Prospective study on prevalence of anemia of pregnant women and its outcome: A community based study

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2017
Background: Anemia is one of the most common nutritional deficiency disorders affecting the pregnant women in the developing countries. Anemia during pregnancy is commonly associated with poor pregnancy outcome and can result in complications that ...
Ravishankar Suryanarayana, Muninarayana Chandrappa, Anil Navale Santhuram, S Prathima, S R Sheela   +4 more
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