Pre-validation of the WHO organ dysfunction based criteria for identification of maternal near miss

• Main Authors: Parpinelli Mary A (Author), Oliveira Neto Antonio F (Author), Souza João P (Author), Cecatti José G (Author), Sousa Maria H (Author), Say Lale (Author), Pattinson Robert C (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2011-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>To evaluate the performance of the WHO criteria for defining maternal near miss and identifying deaths among cases of severe maternal morbidity (SMM) admitted for intensive care.</p> <p>Method</p> <p>Between O...