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A Modified Sonographic Algorithm for Image Acquisition in Life-Threatening Emergencies in the Critically Ill Newborn
Published on: April 7, 2023
[Prenatal care and hospital maternal mortality in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico]
María Rode Gonzaga-Soriano1, Abraham Zonana-Nacach2, María Cecilia Anzaldo-Campos1
1Unidad de Medicina Familiar núm. 27, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Tijuana, Baja California, México.
Objective:
To describe the prenatal care (PC) received in women with maternal hospital deaths from 2005 to 2011 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.
Materials And Methods:
Were reviewed the medical chars and registrations of the maternal deaths by the local Committees of Maternal Mortality.
Results:
There were 44 maternal hospital deaths. Thirty (68%) women assisted to PC appointments during pregnancy, the average number of PC visits was 3.8 and 18 (41%) had an adequate PC (≥ 5 visits). Six (14%) women didn't know they were pregnant; 19 (43%), 21 (48%) y 4 (9%) maternal deaths were due to direct, indirect obstetric cause or non-obstetric causes. Eighteen (18%), 2 (4 %) and 34 (77%) of the maternal deaths occurred during pregnancy, delivery or puerperium.
Conclusions:
It is necessary pregnancy women have an early, periodic and systematic PC to identify opportunely risk factors associated with pregnancy complications.
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