TY - JOUR
T1 - Lessons learnt from anonymized review of cases of peripartum hysterectomy by international experts
T2 - A qualitative pilot study
AU - Jónasdóttir, Eva
AU - Aabakke, Anna J.M.
AU - Colmorn, Lotte B.
AU - Jakobsson, Maija
AU - Äyräs, Outi
AU - Baghestan, Elham
AU - Svanvik, Teresia
AU - van den Akker, Thomas
AU - Bloemenkamp, Kitty
AU - van Roosmalen, Jos
AU - Krebs, Lone
AU - Knight, Marian
AU - Langhoff-Roos, Jens
AU - on behalf of the Nordic Obstetric Surveillance System and the International Network of Obstetric Survey Systems
PY - 2019/8
Y1 - 2019/8
N2 - Severe obstetric complications are not extensively studied and individual cases are used too little and inappropriately in quality improvement activities, due to limited numbers and prioritization of quantitative research. Nordic and European experts performed a qualitative pilot study using anonymized cases of peripartum hysterectomy. It was feasible to anonymize narratives and we learned lessons in the form of themes for improved clinical care and future research. Therefore, we plan a Nordic anonymized review of the care of women who have undergone peripartum hysterectomy based on narratives. The qualitative outcomes of clinically relevant themes for quality improvement and research will add value to the quantitative analyses from the Nordic medical birth registries. In the longer term, we believe that qualitative audits should be an essential part of the process of continuing improvement in maternity care.
AB - Severe obstetric complications are not extensively studied and individual cases are used too little and inappropriately in quality improvement activities, due to limited numbers and prioritization of quantitative research. Nordic and European experts performed a qualitative pilot study using anonymized cases of peripartum hysterectomy. It was feasible to anonymize narratives and we learned lessons in the form of themes for improved clinical care and future research. Therefore, we plan a Nordic anonymized review of the care of women who have undergone peripartum hysterectomy based on narratives. The qualitative outcomes of clinically relevant themes for quality improvement and research will add value to the quantitative analyses from the Nordic medical birth registries. In the longer term, we believe that qualitative audits should be an essential part of the process of continuing improvement in maternity care.
KW - case narrative
KW - maternity care
KW - obstetric complications
KW - peripartum hysterectomy
KW - qualitative audit
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U2 - 10.1111/aogs.13601
DO - 10.1111/aogs.13601
M3 - Comment / Letter to the editor
C2 - 30825327
AN - SCOPUS:85069470487
SN - 0001-6349
VL - 98
SP - 955
EP - 957
JO - Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
JF - Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
IS - 8
ER -
