A mortalidade neonatal em 1998, no município de Botucatu - SP

Abstract

Considering that neonatal mortality is an indicator of the quality of the care provided to pregnant women, at childbirth as well as to the new born, authors developed the present study, whose aim was to analyze the neonatal mortality during the year of 1998 at the municipality Botucatu-SP. The coefficient of neonatal mortality was of 8.3/1000 born alive and the coefficient of precocious neonatal mortality was of 7.3/1000 born alive, confirming the importance of decease in the first week of life. Results showed that approximately 3/4 of the deceases can be reduced through precocious diagnosis and treatment as well as adequate care to birth or partially reduced through appropriate pregnancy control measures, evidencing that in order to decrease the rates of neonatal death, investments must be made to improve the quality of the care to pregnant women, parturients and the new born.

Infant mortality and prenatal care: contributions of the clinic in the light of Canguilhem and Foucault

“…The presentation of the results was divided into (11) To identify the causes and the rate of neonatal mortality during 1998 in Botucatu/SP.…”

“…In contrast to these findings, one study (11) on neonatal mortality showed that, even with the realization of early initiated prenatal care and an adequate number of consultations, with the completion of routine laboratory examinations and ultrasound, there still exists the possibility of an unfavorable outcome of the pregnancy. This shows that a good numerical coverage of the prenatal care alone does not guarantee the provision of quality care (11,24,26) .…”

“…However, the studies show that the deaths that occurred could have been reduced by means of appropriate control of the pregnancy during prenatal care (11,18,22,27) .…”

“…Therefore, when considering the quality of care, some studies (11,(13)(14)(15)19,21,24,27,29) draw attention to its weaknesses, among which the flaws that exist in relation to information, to access and to the organization of the prenatal care are highlighted.…”

Projeto "Viver em Cascavel": análise do fluxo de informações

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