A critical analysis of determinants of maternal near miss cases at rural tertiary health care centre

Pooja Sharma; Arpita Jaiswal

Volume : VI, Issue : II, February - 2017

A critical analysis of determinants of maternal near miss cases at rural tertiary health care centre

Pooja Sharma, Arpita Jaiswal

Abstract :

Introduction- Pregnancy and labour are physiological events and should have joyful culmination with a healthy mother and a healthy baby, however, the potential for dramatic and even catastrophic complications during pregnancy, labour or postpartum are real, either because of aggravation of a pre existing illness or disorder arising during pregnancy, labour, postpartum. However, maternal physiologic changes and adaptations in pregnancy and concern for the fetus often make the diagnosis of conditions in critically ill more difficult and their treatment complicated. This study was aims to determine the magnitude and the type of life threatening maternal complications in near miss women who were pregnant or within 6 weeks of delivery.