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The design of an Obstetric Telephone Triage Guideline (OTTG): a mixed method study
BackgroundClarifying the dimensions and characteristics of obstetric telephone triage is important in improving the quality of services in the health...
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Implementation matters: assessing the effectiveness and sustainment of an obstetric triage program at a high-volume facility in Ghana
BackgroundMaternal mortality remains stubbornly high in Ghana. Current national efforts are focused on improving the quality of care offered in...
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The obstetric and gynecological service providers’ and recipients’ perception and experience of the quality of obstetric triage services during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran
BackgroundEnhancing the quality of obstetric triage services requires a clear perception of the current situations and problems, this issue gained...
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An interrater reliability study on the Gothenburg obstetric triage system- a new obstetric triage system
Abstract BackgroundTriage, identifying patients with critical and time-sensitive disorders, is an integrated process in general emergency medicine....
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Improving assessment of acute obstetric patients – introducing a Swedish obstetric triage system
BackgroundFailure to identify severely ill obstetric patients seeking acute care, and hence delaying treatment, can lead to maternal morbidity and...
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Remote care and triage of obstetric patients with COVID-19 in the community: operational considerations
BackgroundDuring the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic, routine antenatal care was disrupted, and pregnant women positive for COVID-19 were at increased...
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Obstacles to Accepting Care: Understanding Why Obstetric Patients Leave against Medical Advice
IntroductionDischarge “against medical advice” (AMA) in the obstetric population is overall under-studied but disproportionally affects marginalized...
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Exploring the concept and structure of obstetric triage: a qualitative content analysis
BackgroundObstetric triage is a new idea, so the design and implementation of it requires identification of its concept and structure. The aim of...
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Obstetric triage systems: a systematic review of measurement properties (Clinimetric)
BackgroundSince labor and delivery units often serve as emergency units for pregnant women, the use of obstetric triage systems with poor or...
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Validation of a modified South African triage scale in a high-resource setting: a retrospective cohort study
BackgroundTriage systems are widely used in emergency departments, but are not always validated. The South African Triage Scale (SATS) has mainly...
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Comparison of early warning scores for predicting clinical deterioration and infection in obstetric patients
BackgroundEarly warning scores are designed to identify hospitalized patients who are at high risk of clinical deterioration. Although many general...
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Prehospital triage tools across the world: a sco** review of the published literature
BackgroundAccurate triage of the undifferentiated patient is a critical task in prehospital emergency care. However, there is a paucity of literature...
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Determinants of Survival in obstetric Sepsis: Retrospective Observational Study
IntroductionSepsis is the dysregulated response of the body to the infection. Obstetric sepsis carries significantly greater morbidity and mortality...
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Severe maternal morbidity: admission shift from intensive care unit to obstetric high-dependency unit
BackgroundTo study temporal trends of intensive care unit (ICU) admission in obstetric population after the introduction of obstetric high-dependency...
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Machine learning–based triage to identify low-severity patients with a short discharge length of stay in emergency department
BackgroundOvercrowding in emergency departments (ED) is a critical problem worldwide, and streaming can alleviate crowding to improve patient flows....
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Perceptions of service providers, service recipients and female community health volunteers on a rural obstetric ultrasound program in rural Nepal: a qualitative study
BackgroundIn rural Nepal, where women face financial and geographic barriers in accessing ultrasound scans, the government initiated a Rural...
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Texting for life: a mobile phone application to connect pregnant women with emergency transport and obstetric care in rural Nigeria
BackgroundDifficulty in transportation to access skilled providers has been cited repeatedly as a major barrier to utilization of emergency obstetric...
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Benefits and barriers of home blood pressure monitoring in pregnancy: perspectives of obstetric doctors from a Ghanaian tertiary hospital
BackgroundDelayed diagnosis of preeclampsia contributes to maternal morbidity and mortality. Patient-performed home blood pressure monitoring...
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Barriers and enablers to emergency obstetric and newborn care services use in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia: a qualitative case study
BackgroundGlobally, 11.4 million untreated obstetric complications did not receive Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (EmONC) services yearly, with...
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Frequency and severity of prehospital obstetric events encountered by emergency medical services in the United States
BackgroundPrehospital obstetric events encountered by emergency medical services (EMS) can be high-risk patient presentations for which suboptimal...
