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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN15568048
ISRCTN15568048
Completed
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Implementation and evaluation of obstetric early warning systems in tertiary care hospitals in Nigeria

iverpool School of Tropical Medicine0 sites1,200 target enrollmentSeptember 9, 2020

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Clinical monitoring of women admitted to inpatient wards with direct and indirect obstetric-related conditions to prevent the occurrence of primary outcomes
Sponsor
iverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Enrollment
1200
Status
Completed
Last Updated
2 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

2022 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36962704/ (added 07/11/2023)

Registry
who.int
Start Date
September 9, 2020
End Date
April 19, 2019
Last Updated
2 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
Female

Investigators

Sponsor
iverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Pregnant and postpartum women admitted to all inpatient wards due to complications developing antepartum or during the puerperium (42 days’ postpartum)
  • 2\. The KIIs participants (n\=12\) purposively selected senior midwives/nurses in administrative positions and doctors in the Obstetrics department
  • 3\. FGDs (n\=6\) conducted with junior nurses/midwives who undertake monitoring of obstetric patients using the EWS

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. In active labour
  • 2\. Discharged within 24 hours of normal vaginal birth
  • 3\. Meet any of the three maternal near\-miss criteria before hospital admission (clinical, management\-based and organ dysfunction\-based criteria (Say, 2009\))
  • 4\. Women admitted directly to the intensive care unit without going through any of the inpatient wards

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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