ResumoOBJETIVO: Descrever a frequência da mortalidade materna em um hospital de atendimento terciário e avaliar a sua evitabilidade. MÉTODOS: O presente estudo, mediante a análise das mortes maternas ocorridas no período de 1999 a 2010 em uma maternidade de referência de Campinas -Brasil, aborda alguns dos fatores associados, as principais causas de óbito e alguns problemas de estrutura dos serviços de saúde. É um estudo descritivo retrospectivo com avaliação de variáveis sociodemográficas, história clínica e obstétrica das mulheres, além das causas do óbito. RESULTADOS: A maioria dos óbitos maternos ocorreu por causas obstétricas diretas (45%) e evitáveis (36%), em mulheres com gestação pré-termo que tiveram o parto por cesárea (56%) e vários procedimentos de manejo, incluindo transfusão sanguínea, admissão em UTI e necessidade de laparotomia e/ou histerectomia. A transferência de outro hospital esteve associada ao predomínio de causas obstétricas diretas (19 versus 6, p=0,02) e evitáveis (22 versus 9, p=0,01). CONCLUSÃO: A mortalidade materna por causas infecciosas e hipertensivas ainda predomina. Observamos o aumento de causas clínico-cirúrgicas e neoplásicas como causa do óbito em mulheres durante o ciclo grávido puerperal. Abstract PURPOSE:To describe the prevalence of maternal mortality at a tertiary care hospital and to assessits preventability. METHODS: This study, through the analysis of maternal deaths that occurred during the period from 1999 to 2010 at a reference in Campinas -Brazil, CAISM/ UNICAMP, discusses some of the factors associated with the main causes of death and some structural problems of structure of the health services. It is a retrospective descriptive study with evaluation of sociodemographic variables and the medical and obstetric history of women, and the causes of death. RESULTS: The majority of maternal deaths occurred due to direct obstetric (45%) and avoidable (36%) causes, in women with preterm gestation, who delivered by cesarean section (56%) and received various management procedures, including blood transfusion, ICU admission and need for laparotomy and/or hysterectomy. The hospital transfer was associated with the predominance of direct obstetric (19 versus 6, p=0.02) and avoidable causes (22 versus 9, p=0.01). CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that, despite current advances in Obstetrics, infections and hypertensive disorders are still the predominant causes of maternal mortality. We observed an increase of clinical-surgical conditions and neoplasms as causes of death among women during pregnancy.
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