Care of the Postpartum Patient in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review with Implications for Maternal Mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Approximately one-third of maternal deaths occur postpartum. Little is known about the intersection between the postpartum period, emergency department (ED) use, and opportunities to reduce maternal mortality. The primary objectives of this systematic review are to explore the incidence of postpartum ED use, identify postpartum disease states that are evaluated in the ED, and summarize postpartum ED use by race/ethnicity and payor source.

Study design

We searched PubMed, Embase, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), ClinicalTrials.gov, Cochrane CENTRAL, Social Services Abstracts, and Scopus from inception to September 19, 2019. Each identified abstract was screened by two authors; the full-text manuscripts of all studies deemed to be po

SUBMITTER: Mitchell KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10961102 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature