Maternal near miss and maternal deaths in Mozambique: A cross-sectional, region-wide study of 635 consecutive cases assisted in health facilities of Maputo province

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  David, Ernestina ^a   Machungo, Fernanda ^a   Zanconato, Giovanni ^b   Cavaliere, Elena ^b   Fiosse, Sidonia ^a   Sululu, Celeste ^a   Chiluvane, Benvinda ^a   Bergström, Staffan ^c  

^a MAPUTO CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Mozambique)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Maternal mortality; Near miss; Severe acute maternal morbidity; Substandard care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECLAMPSIA; EMERGENCY CARE; FAMILY HEALTH; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTERVIEW; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDDLE AGED; MOZAMBIQUE; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SURVIVOR; UTERUS RUPTURE; VITAL SIGN; YOUNG ADULT; HEMORRHAGE; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; TIME TO TREATMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOZAMBIQUE; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925444762     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-014-0401-3     Document Type: Article

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