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

Maria H Sousa^1,2 , Jose G Cecatti^1,2 , Ellen E Hardy^1,2 and Suzanne J Serruya³

¹  Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), São Paulo, Brazil

²  CEMICAMP, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

³  Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Health, Brasília, Federal District, Brazil