A cross sectional study of maternal ‘near-miss’ cases in major public hospitals in Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria

The maternal near-miss approach has been increasingly used as a tool to evaluate and improve the quality of care in maternal health. We report findings from the formative stage of a World Health Organization (WHO) funded implementation research study that was undertaken to collect primary data at the facility level on the prevalence, characteristics, and management of maternal near-miss cases in four major public referral hospitals - one each in Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria.

Keywords

bleeding, blood clotting disorder, cardiovascular disease, cross-sectional study, Egypt, Lebanon, major clinical study, maternal death, maternal mortality, maternal near miss, maternal welfare, Palestine, pregnancy outcome, public hospital, Syrian Arab Republic, world health organization, clinical trial, live birth, maternal health service, multicenter study, Obstetric Labor Complications

Citation

Bashour, Hyam, et al. "A Cross Sectional Study of Maternal 'Near-Miss' Cases in Major Public Hospitals in Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria." BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, vol. 15, no. 1, 2015, pp. 1-11