“NEAR MISS” OBSTETRIC EVENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY

Abstract

Maternal near-miss and maternal mortality cases have common characteristics, 
especially in terms of risk factors, both of them are indicators of the quality of healthcare 
services provided to pregnant women. Maternal mortality is an indicator of the quality of 
maternal health services provided in the country. Despite the therapeutic advances in obstetric 
care and growing perception of the safety of childbirth over the past few decades, maternal 
morbidity and mortality remain to be a challenge in developing countries like ours where little 
attention has been given to the near miss of obstetric events.