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COVID-19 and the Impacts on Maternal Mortality in the State of Pará-Brazil: Brazilian Amazon

Julia Rachel Alves Rodrigues Monteiro, Brena Suelen Gama Macias, Alyne Talita Martires Cabral, Rita do Socorro Rodrigues e Silva, Daniele Melo Sardinha

Asian Journal of Pregnancy and Childbirth · pp. 212–216 · Published 27 Jan 2021

10.9734/ajpcb/2020/v3i124

Abstract

The maternal mortality rate is an indicator that analyses the quality of care provided to women from prenatal care to delivery and puerperium. The aim is to make a brief communication based on the Epidemiological Bulletin of Maternal Mortality of Pará dated 08/06/2020, describing the rate of maternal mortality in general and by COVID19, to show the impact of the pandemic in pregnant women and puerperal in the state of Pará. It was concluded in this study that the causes of maternal deaths by other obstetric diseases (indirect causes) represented (44), being (20) by COVID-19 in Pará, presenting a worrying number in this category. These occurred mostly in the puerperium in the 30 to 39 age group. However, it was evident that the situation in Brazil was serious, and represents the majority of cases in the world, showing the impacts of the pandemic on pregnant women and puerperal was intense.

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