Pregnancy and Childbirth
Conditions
Interventions
MEWS
Standard care
Sponsors
International Institute for Primary Health CareEthiopia
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Pregnant and postpartum women admitted to inpatient wards for complications developing antepartum (high-risk women), intrapartum, or postpartum care services (up to 42 days postpartum) will be included in the study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: However, women in normal labor, women who died with accidental event, and those transferred directly to the intensive care unit without passing through inpatient wards will be excluded.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary clinical outcome is the number of patients triggered by MEWS for potential severe maternal morbidity and a reduction in maternal mortality. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary outcomes include a decrease in intensive care unit (ICU) admissions, emergency surgical interventions, length of stay, time to diagnosis, time to intervention, increased frequency of MEWS recording, and increased adherence to maternal monitoring through the use of the MEWS chart. | — |
Countries
Ethiopia
Contacts
Public ContactMesfin Tadese
Department of Midwifery School of Nursing and Midwifery Asrat Woldeyes Health science Campus Debre Berhan University
Outcome results
None listed