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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Severe maternal morbidity and maternal near miss in the extremes of reproductive age:Results from a national cross- sectional multicenter study
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, Volume 14, No. 1, Article 77, Year 2014
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Background:The aim of this study was to assess severe maternal morbidity (SMM) and near miss (NM) cases among adolescent girls and women over 35 years of age in the Brazilian Network for Surveillance of Severe Maternal Morbidity, using a set of standard criteria, compared to pregnant women aged 20 to 34 years.Methods:A cross-sectional multicenter study conducted in 27 referral obstetric units in Brazil. All pregnant women admitted to these centers during a one-year period of prospective surveillance were screened to identify cases of maternal death (MD), NM and other SMM. Indicators of maternal morbidity and mortality were evaluated for the three age groups. Sociodemographic, clinical and obstetric characteristics, gestational and perinatal outcomes, main causes of morbidity and delays in care were also compared. Two multiple analysis models were performed, to estimate the adjusted prevalence ratio for identified factors that were independently associated with the occurrence of severe maternal outcome (SMO = MNM + MD).Results:Among SMM and MD cases identified, the proportion of adolescent girls and older women were 17% each. The risk of MNM or death was 25% higher among older women. Maternal near miss ratio and maternal mortality ratios increased with age, but these ratios were also higher among adolescents aged 10 to 14, although the absolute numbers were low. On multivariate analysis, younger age was not identified as an independent risk factor for SMO, while this was true for older age (PR 1.25; 1.07-1.45).Conclusions:SMO was high among women below 14 years of age and increased with age in Brazilian pregnant women. © 2014 Oliveira Jr et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Oliveira, Fernando Cesar
Brazil, Campinas
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Brazil, Curitiba
Universidade Federal do Parana
Surita, Fernanda Garanhani De Castro
Brazil, Campinas
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Pinto e Silva, João Luiz C.
Brazil, Campinas
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Cecatti, José Guilherme
Brazil, Campinas
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Parpinelli, Mary Ângela
Brazil, Campinas
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Haddad, Samira Maerrawi
Brazil, Campinas
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Costa, Maria Laura Botelho
Brazil, Campinas
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Pacagnella, Rodolfo C.
Brazil, Campinas
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
de Sousa, Maria Helena
Brazil, Campinas
Center for Mother and Child Research of Campinas
Souza, Joao Paulo
Brazil, Campinas
Center for Mother and Child Research of Campinas
Camargo, Rodrigo Soares
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Zotareli, Vilma
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Gurgel, Lúcio T.
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Amaral, Eliana Martorano
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Say, Lale
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Pattinson, Robert Clive
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Rudge, Marilza Vieira Cunha
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Calderon, I. M.P.
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Bahamondes, María Valéria
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Santana, Danielly Scaranello
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Gonçalves, Simone Pollini
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Moraes Filho, Olímpio Barbosa De
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Carvalho, Simone A.
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Feitosa, Francisco Edson De Lucena
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Chaves, George N.
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Brum, Ione Rodrigues
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Menezes, Carlos Augusto Santos
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Santos, Patricia N.
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Guanabara, Everardo De Macêdo
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Almeida, Elson J.
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Moreira, Joaquim L.
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Sousa, Maria R.
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Péret, Frederico A.
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Paula, Liv B.
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Schmaltz, Luiza Emylce Pelá Rosado
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Pessoni, Cleire
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Bione, Adriana
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Barbosa Lima, Antonio C.
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Rocha Filho, Edilberto Alves
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Amorim, Melania M.
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Leite, Debora Farias Batista
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Radaci, Ivelyne
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Martins, Marília G.
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Barroso, Frederico Vitório Lopes
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Nascimento, Denis José
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Paiva, Cláudio Sérgio Medeiros
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Lima, Moises DIogode
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Freire, Djacyr Magna Cabral
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Rohloff, Roger D.
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Rodrigues, Simone M.
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Costa, Sergio Martins
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Pfitscher, Lucia C.
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Luz, Adriana Gomes
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Guimarães, Daniela Zaros
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Lobato, Gustavo
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Nakamura-Pereira, Marcos
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Cordioli, Eduardo
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Peterossi, Alessandra
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Perez, Cynthia D.
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Peraçoli, José Carlos
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Costa, Roberto Antônio Araújo
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Maia Filho, Nelson Lourenço
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Matias, Jacinta Pereira
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Quintana, Silvana Maria
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Moisés, Elaine Christine Dantas
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Lotufo, Fátima Aparecida H.
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Carvalho, Luiz Eduardo Campos De
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Andreucci, Carla Betina
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Aquino, Márcia M.
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Ohnuma, Maria H.
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Mattar, Rosiane
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Campanharo, Felipe Favorette
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Statistics
Citations: 52
Authors: 72
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1186/1471-2393-14-77
ISSN:
14712393
Research Areas
Maternal And Child Health
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study
Participants Gender
Female