Postpartum visits in the gynecological emergency room: How can we improve?
Abstract Background The attendance to the gynecological-emergency-room (GER) of women only a few weeks following previous discharge after birth comprises a medical as well as social problem. The objective of the study was to characterize the postpartum women that attended the GER, and depict the lea...
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| author | Alina Weissmann-Brenner Ishai Heusler Renana Manteka Mordechai Dulitzky Micha Baum |
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| description | Abstract Background The attendance to the gynecological-emergency-room (GER) of women only a few weeks following previous discharge after birth comprises a medical as well as social problem. The objective of the study was to characterize the postpartum women that attended the GER, and depict the leading etiologies and risk-factors that lead them to attend the GER, and to examine correlations between their medical findings at discharge and the reasons for their attendance to the hospital. Methods All women that attended the GER between 01/01/2016 and 30/09/2016 during 6 weeks after birth were included. The variables assessed were: medical history, mode of birth, maternal complications of birth, diagnosis at the GER, treatment received and readmission. Results There were 446 visits of 413 women (5.6% of all deliveries). Most were generally healthy after their first normal vaginal birth with no complications during or following birth. 38.7% had a cesarean birth (p < 0.001). The most common causes of the visits were fever (30.3%), problems in episiotomy or surgical scar (26.6%) and abdominal pain (25.7%). Women with hypertensive disorders during birth had significantly more hypertensive problems in the GER. Diabetic women suffered statistically more from hypertensive disorder in the GER. 33.2% were examined and found healthy. Seventy-two women (1% of all deliveries) were hospitalized, most of them due to infection. Only 7.5% were referred to the GER due to bleeding. Conclusions Postpartum women are at risk of morbidities, especially following cesarean sections and in women with hypertensive disorders of during pregnancy. Scheduled visits to high-risk women to attend outpatient clinic sooner are recommended. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5fcbe4513771453498219225bea01f5c2022-12-22T01:04:56ZengBMCBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth1471-23932020-05-012011810.1186/s12884-020-02927-7Postpartum visits in the gynecological emergency room: How can we improve?Alina Weissmann-Brenner0Ishai Heusler1Renana Manteka2Mordechai Dulitzky3Micha Baum4Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer HospitalChaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer HospitalChaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer HospitalChaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer HospitalChaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer HospitalAbstract Background The attendance to the gynecological-emergency-room (GER) of women only a few weeks following previous discharge after birth comprises a medical as well as social problem. The objective of the study was to characterize the postpartum women that attended the GER, and depict the leading etiologies and risk-factors that lead them to attend the GER, and to examine correlations between their medical findings at discharge and the reasons for their attendance to the hospital. Methods All women that attended the GER between 01/01/2016 and 30/09/2016 during 6 weeks after birth were included. The variables assessed were: medical history, mode of birth, maternal complications of birth, diagnosis at the GER, treatment received and readmission. Results There were 446 visits of 413 women (5.6% of all deliveries). Most were generally healthy after their first normal vaginal birth with no complications during or following birth. 38.7% had a cesarean birth (p < 0.001). The most common causes of the visits were fever (30.3%), problems in episiotomy or surgical scar (26.6%) and abdominal pain (25.7%). Women with hypertensive disorders during birth had significantly more hypertensive problems in the GER. Diabetic women suffered statistically more from hypertensive disorder in the GER. 33.2% were examined and found healthy. Seventy-two women (1% of all deliveries) were hospitalized, most of them due to infection. Only 7.5% were referred to the GER due to bleeding. Conclusions Postpartum women are at risk of morbidities, especially following cesarean sections and in women with hypertensive disorders of during pregnancy. Scheduled visits to high-risk women to attend outpatient clinic sooner are recommended.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12884-020-02927-7PostpartumGynecological emergency roomCesarean birthHypertensive disorders |
| spellingShingle | Alina Weissmann-Brenner Ishai Heusler Renana Manteka Mordechai Dulitzky Micha Baum Postpartum visits in the gynecological emergency room: How can we improve? BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth Postpartum Gynecological emergency room Cesarean birth Hypertensive disorders |
| title | Postpartum visits in the gynecological emergency room: How can we improve? |
| title_full | Postpartum visits in the gynecological emergency room: How can we improve? |
| title_fullStr | Postpartum visits in the gynecological emergency room: How can we improve? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Postpartum visits in the gynecological emergency room: How can we improve? |
| title_short | Postpartum visits in the gynecological emergency room: How can we improve? |
| title_sort | postpartum visits in the gynecological emergency room how can we improve |
| topic | Postpartum Gynecological emergency room Cesarean birth Hypertensive disorders |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12884-020-02927-7 |
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