Maternal Near Miss in a Tertiary Care Hospital

A hospital-based observational study was performed with 250 patients to assess the incidence of near-miss maternal related to extreme obstetric problems or maternal disease and near-miss mortality level institutional maternal. A majority of patients were from middle class (78%) followed by lower class (12%) and upper class (10%). Hypertension in pregnancy was diagnosed in 40% patients, while 12% and 6% patients had diabetes mellitus and cardiac diseases respectively. The gestational age at delivery was between 37-41 weeks in 64%, followed by 36% delivering before 37 weeks. The live birth rate was 68% while fresh still birth and macerated still birth was 22% and 10% respectively.