Maternal Collapse: A Golden Hour in Near Miss

Abstract

Mortality among mothers is an important indicator of the health of mothers. Despite the continually high maternal mortality rate, maternal fatalities within communities are quite rare. To deal with this, the concept of a maternal near miss has been included as a supplemental indicator. A maternal near miss is a woman who experienced serious health issues during the pregnancy, delivery, or up to 42 days after terminating her pregnancy but lived. Multiple terminologies and criteria have been used for recognizing near-miss occurrences, resulting in a lack of standardization. To address this, the World Health Organisation (WHO) recently developed criteria based on clinical care and symptoms of organ malfunction, to simplify the organized gathering of information on maternal near misses and enhance summary statistics accuracy. Near misses are more common. Near-miss episodes are more common in developing countries, with the primary factors being equivalent to those for maternal mortality, such as blood loss, hypertensive conditions, septicaemia, and obstructed labour. By assessing maternal near-miss situations, important details on access to care delay can be acquired, helping in developing corrective steps. In addition, these instances throw light on both, the constraints of healthcare systems and the standard of maternal health care. Certain indicators have been developed to quantify maternal near misses and assess quality of care levels. Using the near-miss technique will be essential in assessing creative approaches to improve maternal health results alongside offering better care.