Volume : IX, Issue : XII, December - 2019

STUDY OF MATERNAL NEAR MISS CASES AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL AT AHMEDABAD

Dr Tejal L Patel, Dr Jayprakash Patel

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BACKGROUND Maternal mortality has always been an indicator of health status of a country. Near miss is a serious adverse event that leads to morbidity in the mother, but from which she survives. Transfusion of blood and blood product (40%) and ventilator support (32.22%) main intervention in management of near to miss case. METHODS This was a prospective observational study carried out over a period of 12 months at a Tertiary Care Institute– B.J.Medical collage Ahmedabad, Gujarat. As per WHO criteria based on primary near miss event, 90 cases were included for the study. RESULTS Near miss incidence ratio was 13.34 per1000 live births. Maternal near miss to mortality ratio was 1.11:1. Mortality index was 52.63%. Transfusion of blood and blood product (40%) and ventilator support (32.22%) main intervention in management of near to miss case. CONCLUSION Effort geared towards improvement in management of near miss morbidities would definitely go a long way in reducing the present maternal mortality ratio.

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STUDY OF MATERNAL NEAR MISS CASES AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL AT AHMEDABAD, Dr Tejal L Patel, Dr Jayprakash Patel INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-12 | December-2019

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