Severe maternal morbidity (near miss) as a sentinel event of maternal death. An attempt to use routine data for surveillance

• Main Authors: Hardy Ellen E (Author), Cecatti Jose G (Author), Sousa Maria H (Author), Serruya Suzanne J (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2008-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>To identify all the records within the Brazilian Hospital Information System (HIS) that contained information suggestive of severe maternal morbidity (near miss); to describe the diagnoses and procedures used; to identify variables a...