Audit on the use of thromboprophylaxis during caesarean section
Thromboembolic disease is still a main cause of maternal morbidity and mortality. In 1995 the RCOG working party on prophylaxis against thromboembolism has suggested that patients undergoing caesarean section should have a risk assessment and be given heparin prophylaxis if deemed to be high risk. I...
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Published in | Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology Vol. 21; no. 2; p. 138 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
England
2001
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Summary: | Thromboembolic disease is still a main cause of maternal morbidity and mortality. In 1995 the RCOG working party on prophylaxis against thromboembolism has suggested that patients undergoing caesarean section should have a risk assessment and be given heparin prophylaxis if deemed to be high risk. In Stepping Hill Hospital this was audited. The outcome was that 0% of emergency caesarean sections, and only 25% of elective caesarean sections who were considered to be high risk had heparin prophylaxis. A structured risk assessment form was introduced for every patient undergoing caesarean section and the outcome was re-audited; 72.7% and 85.7% of emergency and elective caesarean sections, respectively,that were deemed high risk had adequate heparin thromboembolic prophylaxis. Filling in a risk assessment form before performing a caesarean section reminds and reinforces the need to consider thromboprophylaxis. A risk assessment form has been formally incorporated into all the maternity case records. |
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ISSN: | 0144-3615 1364-6893 |
DOI: | 10.1080/01443610020026029 |