Applying the new concept of maternal near-miss in an intensive care unit

Applying the new concept of maternal near-miss in an intensive care unit

OBJECTIVES: The World Health Organization has recommended investigating near-misses as a benchmark practice for monitoring maternal healthcare and has standardized the criteria for diagnosis. We aimed to study maternal morbidity and mortality among women admitted to a general intensive care unit dur...

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Main Authors: Fátima Aparecida Lotufo, Mary Angela Parpinelli, Samira Maerrawi Haddad, Fernanda Garanhani Surita, Jose Guilherme Cecatti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2012-01-01
Series:Clinics
Subjects:
Maternal mortality
Maternal near-miss
Organ dysfunction or failure
Obstetrical hemorrhage
Severe pre-eclampsia
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322012000300004

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