Publications by authors named "Marcelle Luana Carneiro Lemos"
Objective: to describe the sociodemographic and health care characteristics of women dying due to maternal causes in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
Methods: this was a descriptive study using the Mortality Information System, case investigation sheets and summary sheets of early and late maternal deaths occurring between 2006 and 2017, with avoidability assessed by the Municipal Maternal Mortality Committee.
Results: we identified 171 deaths, of which 133 were in the puerperium; most deaths occurred among Black women (68.