Background To evaluate the association between delays in obstetric care and neonatal near-miss mortality events and death in a public maternity referral center. Methods This case-control study enrolled 142 neonates, meeting the near-miss criteria of 5-min Apgar < 7, weight < 1500 g, gestational age < 32 weeks, and use of mechanical ventilation or congenital malformation, as well as 284 controls (without the nea...
Objective: Analyze the Brazilian scientific evidence on the criteria used to identify the neonatal near miss cases. Methods: Consists of an integrative review which used Pubmed/Medline, Scielo and Lilacs databases. The selection criteria consisted of original Brazilian papers who approach the neonatal near miss criteria, full text, published in Portuguese, English or Spanish between 2007 and 2017 with results, ...