Sensibilización del personal médico para el correcto llenado de certificados de defunciones perinatales en el ecuador

Abstract

Introduction: The death certificate is a legal, epidemiological, legal and administrative medical document that has the purpose of officially registering death, which is why it is used as the primary source of the country's mortality statistics, several studies show a high proportion of deaths. incomplete death certificates or errors that affect the poor quality of the data recorded and that the information obtained is of little use in decision-making at local, regional and national levels, in Ecuador it has a 9.06% of causes of death poorly defined and 17.1% of imprecise causes; therefore it is important that the doctor is competent and aware of the correct registration of causes of death, to ensure the quality of mortality statistics. Objective: To promote in the medical personnel the correct filling of the perinatal death certificate through current international instruments that allow an adequate epidemiological surveillance of said mortality. Methodology: A search was made of several scientific articles and protocols published during the last 5 years, in indexed journals such as Pubmed, Redalyc, Scielo and Google related to the subject. Conclusion: Health professionals are not trained in the correct filling of the death certificate, which means that the established standards are not met, but efforts are made by regional organizations such as the WHO and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). a correct epidemiological surveillance of cases of perinatal mortality for future decision-making.