Introduction: According to the millennium development goals, our country must reduce maternal mortality rate in 75%, and the Strategic National Action Plan for Reduction of Maternal and Perinatal Mortality considers reducing the possibilities of complications during pregnancy, labor and puerperium by recognizing the danger signs during pregnancy. Objectives: To determine the level of knowledge and practices on danger signs in pregnant women. Design: Descriptive study. Setting: Hospital Nacional Docente Madre-Niño San Bartolome, Lima, Peru. Patients: Pregnant women in hospitalization and outpatient consultation during June 2013. Interventions: A survey was administered to evaluate knowledge and practices on danger signs during pregnancy. Chi-square test bivariate analysis was used; odds ratio assessed association strength. Main outcome measures: With/without knowledge and practi...

Introduction: According to the millennium development goals, our country must reduce maternal mortality rate in 75%, and the Strategic National Action Plan for Reduction of Maternal and Perinatal Mortality considers reducing the possibilities of complications during pregnancy, labor and puerperium by recognizing the danger signs during pregnancy. Objectives: To determine the level of knowledge and practices on danger signs in pregnant women. Design: Descriptive study. Setting: Hospital Nacional Docente Madre-Niño San Bartolome, Lima, Peru. Patients: Pregnant women in hospitalization and outpatient consultation during June 2013. Interventions: A survey was administered to evaluate knowledge and practices on danger signs during pregnancy. Chi-square test bivariate analysis was used; odds ratio assessed association strength. Main outcome measures: With/without knowledge and practi...