morbidity owing to PPH. The Brazilian Network for Surveillance of Se-
vere Maternal Morbidity Study Group previously conducted a multicen-
ter cross-sectional survey of severe maternal morbidity in Brazil [15].
The aim of the present study was to perform a secondary analysis
of data from this survey, focusing on risk factors for severe maternal
morbidity secondary to PPH, using WHO criteria for potentially
life-threatening conditions (PLTC), maternal near miss (MNM), and
maternal death