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. 2011 Jan 22;11:9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-11-9

Table 5.

Main interventions proposed for the prevention of fetal death and early neonatal death, and potential preventability score (PPS) assigned by the maternal death committees

Frequency (n) Mean Score (± SD) Total Score
To avoid fetal death
Educate pregnant women about prenatal warning signs 2 4.0 (± 1.4) 8
Improve prenatal clinical practice (adhesion to protocols) 3 3.7 (± 1.1) 11
Promote the use of folic acid if previous neural tube closure defect 2 3.5 (± 0.7) 7
Qualify anatomopathological report in perinatology 3 3.3 (± 0.6) 10
Promote investigation into neonatal and intrauterine death 2 3.0 (± 2.8) 6
Promote postpartum counseling with genetic evaluation 3 2.0 (± 2.6) 6
Promote the importance of prenatal care and its early initiation 5 1.8 (± 1.3) 9
Promote postpartum counseling 4 1.5 (± 1.0) 6
Register information on prenatal care to the patient's medical records 2 1.5 (± 0.7) 3
Promote family planning 3 1.0 (± 1.0) 3
To avoid early neonatal death
Prepare a team for neonatal heart surgery 2 5.0 (± 0.0) 10
Promote the prophylaxis of neonatal disease by group B streptococcus 3 4.0 (± 1.0) 12
Promote protocol for the induction of fetal lung maturity 3 3.5 (± 0.7) 11
Improve prenatal clinical care (adhesion to protocols) 6 2.8 (± 1.5) 17
Improve clinical care for newborn infants (protocols) 2 2.5 (± 0.7) 5
Promote intrauterine diagnosis of malformations 2 2.5 (± 3.5) 5
Promote postpartum counseling 4 2.2 (± 1.3) 9
Promote the importance of prenatal care and its early initiation 7 2.0 (± 1.4) 14
Prevent adolescent pregnancies 2 2.0 (± 0.0) 4
Qualify medical records 2 1.0 (± 0.0) 2

SD: Standard deviation/Total score: sum of the scores attributed to the mean