Open AccessRetrospective analysis of patients with severe maternal morbidity receiving anaesthesia services using 'WHO near miss approach' and the applicability of maternal severity score as a predictor of maternal outcome
Author(s) -
Jyoti Magar,
Preeti Rustagi,
Anila D Malde
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/ija.ija_19_20
Subject(s) - medicine , retrospective cohort study , maternal death , maternal morbidity , obstetrics , referral , cohort , pregnancy , pediatrics , population , environmental health , family medicine , biology , genetics
Risk stratification of severely morbid obstetric patients receiving anaesthesia services can be helpful in improving maternal outcomes. This study was undertaken to analyse these patients using the WHO near-miss (NM) approach and to assess the applicability of maternal severity score (MSS) to predict maternal mortality.