Evidence · Review article
Neonatal Near Miss: the need for a standard definition and appropriate criteria and the rationale for a prospective surveillance system.
- Delivery room and stabilisation
- Families and professional practice
- Medical
- Newborn life support
- Quality improvement
This paper is from 2015, more than five years ago. Newer evidence may have been published since.
Summary
This paper discusses the concept of Neonatal Near Miss, defined as a neonate who survives severe morbidity (organ dysfunction or failure) within the first 27 days of life. It summarises neonatal morbidity and mortality in Latin America, draws on experience with the maternal near miss concept, and reports a systematic review of published Neonatal Near Miss studies. It proposes pragmatic and management-based criteria for identifying cases and argues for a prospective surveillance system, with particular relevance to low and middle-income countries.
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