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- Developed an integrated checklist for managing patients with suspected morbidly adherent placenta (MAP) through collaboration across several medical disciplines.
- The checklist, refined over five years, is initiated when MAP is suspected and is structured to promote standard care guided by a clinical nurse specialist.
- Implementing this checklist enhances communication among specialists and ensures consistent, team-based care for affected women.
Article Abstract
Objective: To develop an integrated checklist for the management of patients with suspected morbidly adherent placenta (MAP).
Methods: A checklist process was developed incrementally by clinicians in the disciplines of maternal-fetal medicine, gynaecology, medical imaging, and anaesthesia for management of women with suspected MAP.
Results: Over a five-year period of debriefing after individual cases, a comprehensive checklist system was developed. The checklist is activated upon referral if MAP is suspected at an initial maternal-fetal medicine consultation; the process is subsequently guided by a clinical nurse specialist, leading to a standardized program of care.
Conclusions: Having a checklist process facilitates standardized care and optimal communication between specialists, providing team-based care for women with this potentially serious complication of pregnancy.
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| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jogc.2016.08.015 | DOI Listing |
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