Maternal near miss and maternal death in the World Health Organization's 2005 global survey on maternal and perinatal health

• Main Authors: João Paulo Souza (Author), Jose Guilherme Cecatti (Author), Anibal Faundes (Author), Sirlei Siani Morais (Author), Jose Villar (Author), Guillermo Carroli (Author), Metin Gulmezoglu (Author), Daniel Wojdyla (Author), Nelly Zavaleta (Author), Allan Donner (Author), Alejandro Velazco (Author), Vicente Bataglia (Author), Eliette Valladares (Author), Marius Kublickas (Author), Arnaldo Acosta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To develop an indicator of maternal near miss as a proxy for maternal death and to study its association with maternalfactors and perinatal outcomes. METHODS: In a multicenter cross-sectional study, we collected maternal and perinatal data from the hospital records of a sample of women ad...