MATERNAL DEATHS AND THEIR MAIN CAUSES

Abstract

Pregnancy is a period of innumerable changes in a woman’s life, as it triggers physiological, psychological and emotional changes and adaptations, which require specialized attention and care. Although most pregnancies evolve within normal standards, maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality rates remain high in Brazil, especially with regard to maternal complications during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium. Over the years, Brazil has invested in the protection of maternal death. The incentive through strategies to encourage the use of evidence-based practices was one of the main milestones for this process. However, the ideal has not yet been reached and the main obstetric complications that contribute to raising the maternal death rate are linked to infectious diseases, heart diseases or endocrinopathies (Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Thyroid Diseases), Specific Hypertensive Gestation Syndrome (SHEG), fluid disorders Amniotic, Hemorrhages in the second half of pregnancy, among other pathologies, so there is still a need for public policies to promote the effective change of this scenario.