A morbidade materna near miss em um centro de referencia de saude da mulher

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2004

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Objectives: to perform a wide review of the international and national literature and to combine reported data on the occurrence of severe maternal morbidity (near miss) in several contexts; to evaluate the occurrence of near-miss in a tertiary Brazilian maternity, using different sets of criteria, to identify their primary determinants, their demand for care and the maternal and fetal outcomes. Methods: the review was performed through an electronic search of the published articles indexed in the bibliographic databases of MedLine and SciELO, besides a manual search in Brazilian journal and in the list of references of the articles identified through the uniterms "maternal near miss". The articles were qualitatively evaluated according to their study design, local, availability of original data and kind of criteria used for the definition of near miss. A descriptive study was also performed at a tertiary referral center for the women?s health, between 1st. July 2003 to 30th. June 2004. From the total of 2929 women who delivered at the institution during the period, the cases of maternal near miss morbidity were identified through a daily visit in the wards of the maternity according to the criteria proposed by Mantel and by Waterstone. At the moment of hospital discharge a review of the clinical records and data collection were performed. The main outcome measures studied were the occurrence of near miss and their primary determinant factors, criteria for identification as a near miss case, total time of hospital stay, time of stay in ICU and number and kind of special procedures performed. Results: thirty three studies were identified and evaluated as adequate for inclusion in the review and the mean near miss ratio was 7.5/1000 deliveries. A total of 124 cases of near-miss were identified in the referral center, corresponding to a ratio of 42/1000 deliveries, and there were two maternal deaths. For these cases, 126 special procedures were performed, 102 of them among women admitted in ICU for intensive care (80.9%). The mean number of special procedures by each woman was 1.04 (±1.91) and the most frequent were central venous access, echocardiography and invasive mechanical ventilation. The mean total time of hospital stay was 10.3 days (±13.24). The total time of hospital stay and the number of special procedures were significantly higher when the criteria of Mantel were used. Conclusions: there is a trend of higher incidence of near miss in developing countries and when using the definition of organ dysfunction. The incidence of near miss was high and the criteria proposed by Mantel allowed the identification of a sub-group of women with a more complex clinical management, considering the total time of hospital stay and the demand for special procedures. The primary determinants of severe maternal morbidity were coincident with the main known basic causes of maternal death.

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mães severe maternal morbidity tratamento intensivo near miss gravidez complications of pregnancy

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