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Reliability of student midwives' visual estimate of blood loss in the immediate postpartum period: a cross-sectional study.
Int J Nurs Stud
December 2015
AUDIPOG Sentinel Network (Association des Utilisateurs de Dossiers Informatisés en Pédiatrie, Obstétrique et Gynécologie), Faculté de Médecine RTH Laennec, Lyon, France; Department of Public Health, Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital Center, France; EA 4681, PEPRADE (Périnatalité, grossesse, Environnement, PRAtiques médicales et DEveloppement) at University of Auvergne France; Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital Center, France.
Background: In France, postpartum hemorrhage (blood loss≥500mL in the first 24h postpartum) is the leading direct obstetric cause of maternal mortality. In French practice, PPH is mainly diagnosed by a quantitative assessment of blood loss, performed by subjective methods such as visual estimates. Various studies have concluded that visual estimates are imprecise, tend to underestimate blood loss, and thus to delay diagnosis of PPH.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRisk Factors for Severe Secondary Postpartum Hemorrhages: A Historical Cohort Study.
Birth
September 2015
Department of Public Health, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital Center, Clermont-Ferrand, EA, France.
Background: The predictive factors of secondary postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) are little known. Our principal objective was to determine if immediate PPH is a risk factor for severe secondary PPH. We also sought to identify other factors associated with severe secondary PPH.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA quality indicator can be biased by intra-hospital heterogeneity: the case for quality of patient record keeping in France.
Eur J Public Health
October 2015
1 Department of Public Health, Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital Center, Clermont-Ferrand, France 2 EA 4681, PEPRADE, University of Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Background: Since 2008, French health institutions providing medical, surgical and obstetrical care are assessed on the basis of a set of quality indicators. The French National Authority for Health developed a survey design in which 80 records are randomly selected from each institution. The main aim was to assess the effects of internal heterogeneity of a hospital that comprises several units.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSevere secondary postpartum hemorrhage: a historical cohort.
Birth
June 2015
EA 4681, PEPRADE, University of Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Objectives: The principal objective of our study was to describe the frequency of severe secondary postpartum hemorrhages (PPH). Our secondary objectives were to describe the different causes of PPH and to assess if the PPH etiologies varied by parity.
Methods: This is a historical cohort study covering the period from January 1, 2004, through February 13, 2013, in a level III maternity ward.
Osteoma of the internal auditory canal.
Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis
March 2010
ENT and Head and Neck Surgery Department, Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital Center, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Objective: Osteoma occurs almost exclusively in the head and neck region, only rarely developing into the internal auditory canal. We report an incidental finding of a case in the radiological evaluation of a patient with left hemifacial spasm.
Patients And Methods: A 79-year-old woman consulted for left hemifacial spasm associated with left anacusis.