MORTALIDADE MATERNA POR CAUSAS OBSTÉTRICAS NAS MACRORREGIÕES DE MATO GROSSO DO SUL

Abstract

Introduction: Brazil has as one of its goals to achieve the global target of reducing maternal mortality. Affecting women between the ages of 10 to 49, with 66% of cases related to direct causes, which can be influenced by age, education, race and gestational period. Objective: Verify maternal mortality data in the macro-regions of a Central-West state in the years of 2018 to 2020. Methods: This is a cross- sectional, quantitative study, using secondary data as collection sources and results presented in simple statistics through tables. The population analyzed consists of women of childbearing age who died during pregnancy, childbirth or the postpartum period. Results: 67 maternal deaths were identified in Mato Grosso do Sul in the period from 2018 to 2020. The age group from 20 to 29 years old and brown race/color women were most affected, with high blood pressure during pregnancy being the main cause of death. Conclusion: As direct causes are the most common in this population, quality prenatal care is essential to intervene efficiently. Care during prenatal care, childbirth and the postpartum period requires nurses to have knowledge about complications, interventions and timely referrals in Health Care Networks (HCN), in order to reduce the risk of maternal death and achieve improvements in health indicators.