Does the Quality of Postpartum Hemorrhage Local Protocols Improve the Identification and Management of Blood Loss After Vaginal Deliveries? A Multicenter Cohort Study

Overview

Journal Healthcare (Basel)

Specialty Health Services

Date 2022 Jun 24

PMID 35742043

Authors

Francoise Vendittelli

Chloe Barasinski

Olivier Riviere

Caroline Da Costa Correia

Catherine Crenn-Hebert

Michel Dreyfus

Anne Legrand

Laurent Gerbaud

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Abstract

Substandard care, which can result from a delayed recognition of the severity of blood loss, can increase maternal morbidity. Our objectives were to assess the incidence of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) and of second-line procedures in maternity units according to the quality of their PPH protocol. We used a mixed design, a prospective cohort (3442 women with PPH after vaginal delivery; February−July 2011), and an audit of the written protocols (177 French maternity units; September 2010−June 2011). A quality score was calculated for the protocol of each unit. Maternity units were classified into three categories according to this score: category 1 (total score: 0−8), category 2 (9−12.5), and category 3 (>12.5). The PPH incidence (>500 mL) was 3.2%, 3.3% and 4.6% among maternity units in categories 1, 2 and 3, respectively (p < 0.0001). The incidence of severe maternal morbidity (surgery and/or artery embolization and/or blood transfusion) was higher among maternity units in category 1 (54.8%; 95% CI: 51.9, 57.7) than in either category 2 (50.1%; 95% CI: 47.8, 52.5) or 3 (38.0%; 95% CI: 33.8, 42.4]) (p < 0.0001). The risks of severe maternal morbidity were lower for category 3 than category 1 and 2 (respectively, adjusted RR 0.68, 95% CI 0.60−0.86 and 0.77, 95% CI 0.68−0.87). Finally, maternity units with higher scores identified PPH better and used fewer curative second-line procedures.

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