A population-based surveillance study on severe acute maternal morbidity (near-miss) and adverse perinatal outcomes in Campinas Brazil: The Vigimoma Project

摘要

BackgroundAuditing of sentinel health events based on best-practice protocols has been recommended. This study describes a population-based investigation on adverse perinatal events including severe acute maternal morbidity (near-miss), maternal and perinatal mortality, as a health intervention to help improve the surveillance system.