Pregnancy-related unplanned returns to the operating room
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Pennsylvania patient safety advisory
- Author(s):
- Dubeck, Deborah, author
- Contributor(s):
- Pennsylvania. Patient Safety Authority, issuing body. ECRI (Organization), issuing body. Institute for Safe Medication Practices, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, September 2015
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Patient Readmission -- statistics & numerical data Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications Surgical Procedures, Operative -- statistics & numerical data Abortion, Incomplete Abortion, Induced Lacerations -- surgery Patient safety Placenta, Retained Postpartum Hemorrhage -- surgery Postpartum Period Pregnant Women Uterine Hemorrhage -- surgery Humans Pennsylvania United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- From January 2010 through December 2014, hospitals, ambulatory surgical facilities, birthing centers, and abortion facilities reported 8,569 events involving pregnant women to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority. Of these reports, 1,031 involved an unplanned return to the operating room. These events most frequently occurred either at the beginning of pregnancy (generally related to termination of a pregnancy) or in the immediate postpartum period. The most frequently reported causes of pregnancy-related unplanned returns to the operating room included the following: incomplete abortion or abortion with a report of hemorrhage or perforation requiring a surgical procedure (44.7%); postpartum hemorrhage (28.4%); postpartum retention of placenta or products of conception (15.0%); postpartum laceration requiring surgical repair (7.6%); and other events (4.3%). Literature supports that those healthcare organizations that have implemented evidence-based systematic protocols and simulation-based education report better patient outcomes.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (pages 103-109)).
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101669439 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101669439