Improving assessment of acute obstetric patients - introducing a Swedish obstetric triage system.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Failure to identify severely ill obstetric patients seeking acute care, and hence delaying treatment, can lead to maternal morbidity and mortality. Triage is the prioritization of patients seeking emergency care, based on clinical decision-making tools assessing medical urgency. While triage has been applied in general emergency medicine for 30 years, there are only a few obstetric triage systems (OTS) and obstetric triage has hitherto been unknown in Sweden. Obstetric triage is more complex than general triage since both mother and fetus require assessment, and pregnancy-related physiological changes must be taken into account. This paper aims to describe the development and an initial evaluation of the first OTS in Sweden.

Methods

A multidisciplinary team survey

SUBMITTER: Lindroos L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8572438 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature