1. Caracterización de la mortalidad materna en Bolívar: estudio de tres años
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Bello-Muñoz Camilo Andrés, Rojas-Suarez José Antonio, Torres-Villa Walter, Guardo-Roa Mónica, Álvarez-Castillo Ana María, Bello-Trujillo Ana María, and López-Camacho William
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Medicine (General) ,R5-920 - Abstract
Introduction: Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) is a measurement of a country’s development and its reduction is one of the Millennium Development Goals. To do this, we must identify the causes and possible interventions for each one. Objective: To describe and analyze the causes of maternal mortality (MM) in the department of Bolivar, Colombia. Methodology: A retrospective and descriptive study was conducted during the period between 2010 and 2012, using the MM analysis by the United Kingdom. All patients who met the criteria of MM were included. The deaths were analyzed in several phases: the first was to identify patients with criteria of MM registered in vital statistics from the National Department of Statistics DANE and SIVIGILA, on the second phase, clinical charts of each case were reviewed at health secretary of Bolívar department, in the third phase, maternal mortality was estimated based on 3.100,000 live as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), then all maternal deaths were classified as direct or indirect deaths and finally the possible causes of death were established using the methodology proposed of delays in each case. Data were collected in databases using Microsoft Excel, the variables were expressed in measures of central tendency and dispersion for quantitative data and absolute and relative frequencies for categorical variables as needed. Results: 46 cases of maternal mortality (MM) were found, for a maternal mortality ratio (MMR) of 46.6 per 100,000 live births (95%CI: 33.1-60.0). The mean age was 28.1 ± 7.8. Most cases were related to direct causes (62.7 %) with an MMR of 28.3 deaths per 100,000 live births (95% CI: 17.0 -37 .6). For indirect reasons were 18.2 deaths per 100,000 live births (95% CI: 9.8-26.6). Obstetric hemorrhage (direct cause) was the main diagnosis related to death in Bolivar with RMM 11.1 per 100,000 live births (95% CI: 4.5-17.7), infections were second with RMM 9.12 per 100,000 live births (95% CI: 3.2-15.1) and finally preeclampsia and its complications (direct cause) represented a MMR 8.1 per 100,000 live births (95% CI: 2.5-13.7). The most common delays were type IV and type I, occurred in 82.6 % and 73.8% of cases, respectively. 89.1 % of deaths were classified as preventable. Conclusions: In the department of Bolívar, Colombia, the most frequent cause of death was the direct maternal deaths and the obstetric hemorrhage is the main etiology. The most common delays were related to failure to recognize warning signs or problems (type I) and those related to quality of care (type IV). Most of the maternal deaths were preventable. Rev.cienc.biomed. 2013;4(2):247-255
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- 2013