作者
Elvira Zanette, Mary Angela Parpinelli, Fernanda Garanhani Surita, Maria Laura Costa, Samira Maerrawi Haddad, Maria Helena Sousa, Joao Luiz Pinto e Silva, Joao Paulo Souza, Jose Guilherme Cecatti, Brazilian Network for Surveillance of Severe Maternal Morbidity Group
发表日期
2014/12
期刊
Reproductive health
卷号
11
页码范围
1-11
出版商
BioMed Central
简介
Background
Hypertensive disorders represent the major cause of maternal morbidity in middle income countries. The main objective of this study was to identify the prevalence and factors associated with severe maternal outcomes in women with severe hypertensive disorders.
Methods
This was a cross-sectional, multicenter study, including 6706 women with severe hypertensive disorder from 27 maternity hospitals in Brazil. A prospective surveillance of severe maternal morbidity with data collected from medical charts and entered into OpenClinica®, an online system, over a one-year period (2009 to 2010). Women with severe preeclampsia, severe hypertension, eclampsia and HELLP syndrome were included in the study. They were grouped according to outcome in near miss, maternal death and potentially life-threatening condition. Prevalence ratios …
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