Implementing Heat-Stable Carbetocin for Postpartum Haemorrhage Prevention in Low-Resource Settings: A Rapid Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: Heat-stable carbetocin (HSC), a long-acting oxytocin analogue that does not require cold-chain transportation and storage, is effective in preventing postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) in vaginal and caesarean deliveries in tertiary-care settings. We aimed to identify literature documenting how it is implemented in resource-limited and lower-level maternity care settings to inform policies and practices that enable its introduction in these contexts. A rapid scoping review was conducted with an 8-week timeframe by two reviewers. MEDLINE, EMBASE, Emcare, the Joanna Briggs Institute Evidence-Based Practice Database, the Maternity and Infant Care Database, and the Cochrane Library were searched for publications in English, French, and Spanish from January 2011 to September 2021. Randomized and non-

SUBMITTER: Tran NT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8998030 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature