Características maternas del Near Miss y sus causas

Abstract

It is considered Near Miss Maternal, when a pregnant woman is about to die and survives a complication that could have affected her integrity, due to timely medical intervention or luck, up to 42 days after delivery. Objective: to determine the maternal characteristics and the causes of extreme maternal morbidity (near miss), through the review and analysis of scientific articles to provide better care for pregnant women in primary health care. Methodology: Bibliographic review, analytical synthetic method, by searching scientific articles, since 2017, using data platforms such as: PUBMED, MEDSCAPE, COCHRANE, GOOGLE SCHOLAR. Conclusions: The characteristics of the mothers who present Near Miss are: age between 19 to 35 years, incomplete secondary studies, multiparous women, history of abortions, with full-term pregnancy, prenatal controls of less than 4 years and having undergone cesarean sections, These data should be taken into account at the time of care for pregnant women in order to provide adequate obstetric care. The main causes of maternal near misses are: Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy and Postpartum Hemorrhages, spontaneous abortion and ectopic pregnancy.