Table 3

Percentage of records according to criteria used for diagnoses and procedures in cases of near miss and maternal death (HIS, 2002)


Diagnoses
Procedures


Group/Criterion; item
Near miss (%)
Maternal death (%)
Near miss (%)
Maternal death (%)

A. Mantel et al., 1998




     Cardiac disorder
5.5
8.4
1.3
1.3
     Vascular disorder
< 0.1
1.9
--
--
     Immunological disorder&
23.7
20.8
8.9
14.9
     Respiratory disorder
0.3
0.6
< 0.1
0.6
     Kidney disorder
0.5
1.3
< 0.1
0.6
     Liver disorder
< 0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
     Metabolic disorder
0.1
0.0
< 0.1
0.0
     Coagulation disorder
2.1
2.6
< 0.1
0.0
     Cerebral disorder
< 0.1
1.3
< 0.1
0.6
     Admission to ICU
--
--
3.4 #
47.4 #
     Emergency hysterectomy
--
--
0.4
7.8
     Anesthesia accident
0.1
0.0
--
--





B. Waterstone et al., 2001




     Severe preeclampsia
30.6
14.9
9.3
9.7
     Eclampsia
7.0
11.0
1.1
5.2
     HELLP syndrome
--
--
--
--
     Severe hemorrhage
20.3
14.3
5.5
5.2
     Severe sepsis &
23.7
20.8
8.9
14.9
     Uterine rupture
0.6
0.0
--
--





C. Others




     Acute abdomen
0.4
1.3
--
--
     HIV-related disease
0.1
1.3
--
--
     Other surgical procedures
--
--
1.8
5.2





Total
(32,379)
(154)
(32,379)
(154)

-- No codes related to the problem

&Definition identical to items "Immunological disorder" and "Severe sepsis"

# Not found among the 6 procedures of the ICU diary; however found in the field referring to the total number of days in the ICU during hospitalization.

Sousa et al. Reproductive Health 2008 5:6   doi:10.1186/1742-4755-5-6

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