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摘要
objective: to identify unreported concealed or presumable maternal deaths which occurred in the states of sˋo paulo, paran芍, par芍, cear芍, and mato grosso brazil. methods: data were collected from the cd-rom hospital admission authorization database of the hospital information system of the unified health system (sih-sus) regarding records of obstetric procedures and secondary diagnoses between the years of 1999 to 2000. results: there were 651 maternal deaths registered. from those, 55 were registered as concealed or presumable maternal deaths according to chapter xv of the international classification of diseases (did-10) - pregnancy, delivery and postpartum. conclusion: this study showed that this information system can be used as a complementary measure for the identification of unreported maternal deaths.
