Objective: To analyze the factors associated with maternal near miss (MNM) and neonatal near miss (NNM) in twin pregnancies. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study carried out on medical records of pregnant women with twins and their respective newborns, admitted for delivery at a public maternity reference in Fortaleza-Ceará, from January 2016 to December 2018.To identify MNM cases, the criteria proposed by ...
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: To evaluate the functional capacity and analyze the characteristics associated to the incapacity of elderly people assisted in a team of the Family’s Health Strategy in Teresina (PI). METHODS: This is a cross-sectional, descriptive, quantitative study. For the evaluation of basic and instrumental activities of daily living, the Katz index and the Lawton scale were used, respectively. The collected da...