Maternal near miss: reaching the last mile
| Autor: | Gitismita Naik, Mohan Kumar M |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Pregnancy
030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine business.industry Near Miss Healthcare Obstetrics and Gynecology Maternal morbidity medicine.disease World Health Organization Pregnancy Complications 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Maternal Mortality 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis mental disorders Maternal near miss medicine Humans Female Maternal Health Services business Demography Quality Indicators Health Care |
| Zdroj: | Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology : the journal of the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 41(5) |
| ISSN: | 1364-6893 |
| Popis: | Maternal mortality misses the morbidity associated with pregnancy and delivery. Maternal Near Miss is an alternate measure that reflects maternal morbidity and in areas with low maternal mortality improves comparability. Maternal Near Miss is a proxy indicator of the quality of healthcare services and helps in understanding health system failures with relation to obstetric care and addressing them. But regional variations in availability of resources have led to a dozen different adapted versions of WHO Maternal Near Miss criteria. This creates confusion and reduces comparability, nationally and internationally. A review of articles defining maternal near miss was conducted using a PubMed search to compare and assess the various definitions of MNM. The present article summarises the available criteria and discusses the advantages and drawbacks of WHO MNM criteria as compared to others. The objective is to impress the need to have comprehensive criteria that can be applied in different settings and ensure comparability.Impact statement |
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