Planned early delivery for late preterm pre-eclampsia in a low- and middle-income setting: a feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pre-eclampsia is a leading cause of maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity globally. Planned delivery between 34⁺⁰ and 36⁺⁶ weeks may reduce adverse pregnancy outcomes but is yet to be evaluated in a low and middle-income setting. Prior to designing a randomised controlled trial to evaluate this in India and Zambia, we carried out a 6-month feasibility study in order to better understand the proposed trial environment and guide development of our intervention.

Methods

We used mixed methods to understand the disease burden and current management of pre-eclampsia at our proposed trial sites and explore the acceptability of the intervention. We undertook a case notes review of women with pre-eclampsia who delivered at the proposed trial

SUBMITTER: Beardmore-Gray A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8173959 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature