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Quality of care and maternal mortality in a tertiary-level hospital in Mozambique: a retrospective study of clinicopathological discrepancies
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Background: Although an increasing number of pregnant women in resource-limited areas deliver in health-care facilities, maternal mortality remains high in these settings. Inadequate diagnosis and management of common life-threatening conditions is an important determinant of maternal mortality. We analysed the clinicopathological discrepancies in a series of maternal deaths from Mozambique and assessed changes over 10 years in the diagnostic process. We aimed to provide data on clinical diagnostic accuracy to be used for improving quality of care and reducing maternal mortality. Methods: We did a retrospective analysis of clinicopathological discrepancies in 91 maternal deaths occurring from Nov 1, 2013, to March 31, 2015 (17 month-long period), at a tertiary-level hospital in Mozambique, using complete diagnostic autopsies as the gold standard to ascertain cause of death. We estimated the performance of the clinical diagnosis and classified clinicopathological discrepancies as major and minor errors. We compared the findings of this analysis with those of a similar study done in the same setting 10 years earlier. Findings: We identified a clinicopathological discrepancy in 35 (38%) of 91 women. All diagnostic errors observed were classified as major discrepancies. The sensitivity of the clinical diagnosis for puerperal infections was 17% and the positive predictive value was 50%. The sensitivity for non-obstetric infections was 48%. The sensitivity for eclampsia was 100% but the positive predictive value was 33%. Over the 10-year period, the performance of clinical diagnosis did not improve, and worsened for some diagnoses, such as puerperal infection. Interpretation: Decreasing maternal mortality requires improvement of the pre-mortem diagnostic process and avoidance of clinical errors by refining clinical skills and increasing the availability and quality of diagnostic tests. Comparison of post-mortem information with clinical diagnosis will help monitor the reduction of clinical errors and thus improve the quality of care.
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MENÉNDEZ, Clara, QUINTÓ, Llorenç, CASTILLO, Paola, FERNANDES, Fabiola, CARRILHO, Carla, ISMAIL, Mamudo rafik, LORENZONI, Cesaltina, HURTADO, Juan carlos, RAKISLOVA, Natalia, MUNGUAMBE, Khátia, MORALEDA REDECILLA, Cinta, MAIXENCHS, Maria, MACETE, Eusebio víctor, MANDOMANDO, Inácio, MARTÍNEZ YOLDI, Miguel julián, ALONSO, Pedro, BASSAT ORELLANA, Quique, ORDI I MAJÀ, Jaume. Quality of care and maternal mortality in a tertiary-level hospital in Mozambique: a retrospective study of clinicopathological discrepancies. _The Lancet Global Health_. 2020. Vol. 8, núm. 7, pàgs. 965-972. [consulta: 25 de febrer de 2026]. ISSN: 2214-109X. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/182879]