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Maternal ‘near miss’ collection at an Australian tertiary maternity hospital

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, June 2018
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Title
Maternal ‘near miss’ collection at an Australian tertiary maternity hospital
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, June 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12884-018-1862-6
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Skandarupan Jayaratnam, Sonia Kua, Caroline deCosta, Richard Franklin

Abstract

Australia has a maternal mortality ratio of 6.8/100000 live births, a rate akin to other developed countries and consistent with the high level care provided within the Australian health care system. With maternal mortality at very low levels assessment of severe maternal morbidity is increasingly being used as an indicator of quality of care and to identify areas for improvement in maternity services. The WHO maternal 'near miss' criteria is a standardised tool has been increasingly used worldwide to assess maternal morbidity and standards of maternity care. The aim of this study was to determine the rate and aetiology of maternal 'near misses' at King Edward Memorial Hospital (KEMH) using the WHO near miss criteria. Cases of maternal 'near miss' were prospectively identified at KEMH using the WHO near miss criteria over a period of 6 months (1st December 2014 to 31st May 2015). A descriptive analysis of the results was undertaken. During the study there were 2773 live births with 19 women who had 'near miss' presentations. There were no maternal deaths. The maternal 'near miss' index rate was 7/1000 live births. The main causes of obstetric 'near miss' were obstetric haemorrhage, pre-eclampsia and early pregnancy complications. The rate of maternal 'near miss' at KEMH was 7/1000 live births and post-partum haemorrhage was identified as the most common aetiology, consistent with other studies in developed countries. Further research comparing currently utilised local, state and national morbidity systems would allow further validation of the WHO near miss criteria in Australian settings. The study presented in this publication was undertaken at King Edward Memorial Hospital, 374 Bagot Rd., Subiaco WA 6008.

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Unknown 77 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 10 13%
Student > Bachelor 8 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 8%
Researcher 6 8%
Student > Postgraduate 5 6%
Other 11 14%
Unknown 31 40%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 25 32%
Nursing and Health Professions 12 16%
Arts and Humanities 2 3%
Computer Science 1 1%
Chemical Engineering 1 1%
Other 2 3%
Unknown 34 44%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 June 2018.
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#4,046,041
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#1,115
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#78,509
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