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WHO maternal death and near-miss classifications

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2009
Reducing maternal mortality is Millennium Development Goal 5. To reach this goal, countries need an accurate picture of the causes and levels of maternal deaths. Recent systematic reviews have shown that there are many inconsistencies in the way maternal deaths are classified due to a lack of standard definitions and criteria for maternal deaths and ...
Robert Pattinson, Lale Say, João Paulo Souza, Nynke van den Broek, Cleone Rooney   +4 more
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Concepts, prevalence and characteristics of severe maternal morbidity and near miss in Brazil: a systematic review

Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil
Objectives: to analyze frequency, characteristics and causes of severe maternal morbidity (maternal near miss) in Brazil. Methods: a systematic review on quantitative studies about characteristics, causes, and associated factors on severe maternal ...
Josy Maria de Pinho da Silva, Sandra Costa Fonseca, Marcos Augusto Bastos Dias, Aline Silva Izzo, Gabrielle Pires Teixeira, Pamela Pinto Belfort   +5 more
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Maternal Near Miss Review: A Way Forward [PDF]

The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India, 2013
India has made significant progress in reducing its maternal mortality rate (MMR) from 254 (SRS 2004–06) to 212 (SRS 2007–09) [1] per hundred thousand live births (LB); however, there is a long way to go on this journey to meet the millennium development goals.
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The WHO maternal near miss approach: consequences at Malawian District level. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
INTRODUCTION: WHO proposes a set of organ-failure based criteria for maternal near miss. Our objective was to evaluate what implementation of these criteria would mean for the analysis of a cohort of 386 women in Thyolo District, Malawi, who sustained ...
Thomas van den Akker, Jogchum Beltman, Joey Leyten, Beatrice Mwagomba, Tarek Meguid, Jelle Stekelenburg, Jos van Roosmalen   +6 more
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Maternal near miss: a surrogate indicator of obstetrics care [PDF]

, 2023
Background: A maternal near miss (MNM) is an event in which a pregnant woman is on the verge of dying but doesn't die. Despite the fact that most maternal deaths can be avoided, efforts to reduce maternal mortality have not always been successful.
Priya, Prerna, Srivastava, Yashi, Jain, Madhu, Ambat, Gopika, Anuranjani, Lavanya, Thakur, Anita   +5 more
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A quality of care assessment of the management of obstetric haemorrhage in the Peninsula Maternal and Neonatal Services [PDF]

, 2009
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 64-68).In South Africa obstetric haemorrhage is the third most common cause of maternal deaths. In addition to maternal mortality audits, quality of care audits using criterion based audit methodology provides ...
Adams, Tracey
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Effect of maternal near miss on neonatal mortality in selected hospitals: Prospective cohort study, Southeast Ethiopia

SAGE Open Medicine, 2021
Objective: The objective of this study was to assess effect of maternal near miss on neonatal mortality. Methods: Prospective cohort study was conducted on 384 pregnant women who came for delivery to purposely selected hospitals.
Ahmednur Adem Aliyi, Negussie Deyessa, Mengistu Yilma Dilnessie   +2 more
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Severe maternal morbidity and near misses in tertiary hospitals, Kelantan, Malaysia: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background Severe maternal conditions have increasingly been used as alternative measurements of the quality of maternal care and as alternative strategies to reduce maternal mortality.
Mohd Noor Norhayati, Nik Hussain Nik Hazlina, Zaharah Sulaiman, Mohd Yacob Azman   +3 more
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An autopsy study of maternal mortality in Mozambique: the contribution of infectious diseases. [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND: Maternal mortality is a major health problem concentrated in resource-poor regions. Accurate data on its causes using rigorous methods is lacking, but is essential to guide policy-makers and health professionals to reduce this intolerable ...
Llorenç Quintó, Bardaji Azucena, Naniche Denise, Jaume Ordi, Quintó Llorenç, Alonso Pedro L, Carlota Dobaño, Quintó, Llorenç, Dobaño, Carlota, Clara Menéndez, Azucena Bardaji, Saute Francisco, Dobaño Carlota, Ordi, Jaume, Francisco Saute, Machungo Fernanda, Ismail, Mamudo R, Mamudo R Ismail, Alfredo Mayor, Carrilho Carla, Osman Nafissa, Menéndez, Clara, Pedro L Alonso, Mayor Alfredo, Saute, Francisco, Menéndez Clara, Ordi Jaume, Fernanda Machungo, Romagosa, Cleofé, Ismail Mamudo R, Carrilho, Carla, Machungo, Fernanda, Nafissa Osman, Cleofé Romagosa, Carla Carrilho, Osman, Nafissa, Denise Naniche, Naniche, Denise, Bardaji, Azucena, Alonso, Pedro L, Mayor, Alfredo, Romagosa Cleofé, Dobaño, Carlota, 1969-, Ismail, Mamudo Rafik, Romagosa Pérez-Portabella, Cleofé, Ordi i Majà, Jaume, Alonso, Pedro, Mayor Aparicio, Alfredo Gabriel   +47 more
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Study of near miss maternal morbidities at a tertiary hospital [PDF]

, 2022
Background: In health care literature NEAR MISS refers to a severe life-threatening condition that did not cause death-but had the potential to do so. But in 2009, WHO came up with a comprehensive criteria for identification of near miss.
Rashmi, P. S., Sai, Balumuri Pooja, Prabhudev, Prema, Maitra, Camelia   +3 more
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