Volume : 6, Issue : 2, February - 2017

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

Pooja Sharma, Arpita Jaiswal

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;Introduction- Pregnancy and labour are physiological events and should have joyful culmination with a healthy mother and&nbsp; a healthy baby, however, the potential for dramatic and even catastrophic complications during pregnancy,&nbsp; 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&nbsp; often make the diagnosis of conditions in critically ill more difficult and their treatment complicated.&nbsp; 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.</p>