Profile of material deaths for obstetric causes

Objective: To describe the maternal mortality profile of a high-risk maternal and child hospital in the Northeast. Methods: This is a quantitative, descriptive, retrospective and cross-sectional study, carried out at Hospital Dom Malan, located in Petrolina, Pernambuco Brazil, with secondary data from medical records of women who died due to direct and indirect obstetric causes, during pregnancy or up to 42 days postpartum, with an investigation completed by the Hospital Commission for a study on Maternal Mortality at the same institution, during the period from 2013 to 2017. Results: 29 medical records of pregnant women attended in the aforementioned period were analyzed, there is a prevalence of female farmers (24.2%), brown (55.2%), between 20 and 30 years old (48.3%) who had more than 6 prenatal consultations (17.3%), experiencing the 3rd gestational trimester (55.2 %), with cesarean section (41.3%), the main cause of death being infection / sepsis (34.5%), classified as direct maternal death (75.9%), with the Maternal Mortality Ratio per 100,000 live births more prevalent in 2017 with 182.8. Conclusion: A high maternal mortality rate is perceived in women of unfavorable socioeconomic conditions, pointing out the need to adopt strategies to reduce these statistics.