Predicting severe maternal outcomes in a network of sentinel sites in Latin-American countries.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to determine incidences of potentially life-threatening conditions (PLTC), maternal near misses (MNM), and maternal deaths (MD) in women who gave birth in participating facilities, and to determine the probability that a pregnancy involving a PLTC would evolve into an MNM and/or an MD.

Methods

This was a multicentric observational study implemented on a maternal network from August 2018 to May 2019 in five Latin-American countries. We summarized categorical variables as frequencies and continuous variables with median, interquartile range, and standard deviations. Positive and negative likelihood ratios were calculated and multivariate predictive models were built.

Results

There were 33 901 deliveries and miscarriages, of which 8.0% had at l

SUBMITTER: Aleman A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10087448 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature