Near miss obstetrics events in South Punjab

Abstract

Objective: to evaluate the characteristic of near miss obstetrical cases in tertiary care hospital.

Methods: Patients were informed about the study's purpose was explained to patients. The study focused on women presenting with life-threatening maternal complications who met the WHO near-miss criteria, which includes clinical, management-based, and laboratory parameters for identification.

Results: Regarding complications, sepsis and anemia were the most frequent, affecting 32.1% and 29.2% of patients, respectively. Mean hospital duration was 5.51 days, with the majority of patients (3-5 days) falling within this range. Furthermore, the analysis revealed that both surgical procedure and diagnosis acted as confounders for complications.

Conclusion: The near miss concept efficiently uncovers association and similarities among women characteristics who survived pregnancy-related life-threatening complications, with a most of patients reported from rural residential areas.