Near miss audit in obstetrics.

Gillian Penney; Victoria Brace

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Near miss audit in obstetrics.

May 2, 2007

Penney G, Brace V. Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 2007;19(2):145-150.

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Reviewing studies about maternal morbidity, the authors discuss the various measurement approaches used to identify near misses and call for more standardization of such audits.

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