Awareness about a Life-Threatening Condition: Ectopic Pregnancy in a Network for Surveillance of Severe Maternal Morbidity in Brazil

Table 2

Prevalence of main causes of morbidity among cases complicated with ectopic pregnancy or other conditions and number of cases identified by specific WHO criteria for maternal near miss.

Causes of morbidity	Ectopic pregnancy	Other conditions	𝑃
Hypertension	1.3	72.5	<0.001
Hemorrhage	94.6	21.5	<0.001
Infection	0.3	1.1	0.195
Clinical-surgical	4.5	10.9	0.011
Total	(312)	(9,243)
WHO criteria for MNM and MD among ectopic pregnancy cases		MNM	MD
Clinical		(16)	(1)
Laboratory		(3)	(1)
Management		(15)	(1)
Total		25	1

MNM: maternal near miss; MD: maternal death. Values in bold type indicate statistically significant values.