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Improving quality of care through payment for performance: examining effects on the availability and stock-out of essential medical commodities in Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2016
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of payment for performance (P4P) on the availability and stock-out rate of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) medical commodities in Tanzania and assess the distributional effects.
Binyaruka, Peter, Borghi, Josephine
core   +4 more sources

Between “a lot of room for it” and “it doesn't exist”—Advancing and limiting factors of autonomy in birth as perceived by perinatal care practitioners: An interview study in Switzerland

Birth, Volume 50, Issue 4, Page 1068-1080, December 2023., 2023
Advancing (green) and limiting (red) factors. Abstract Background Numerous studies show that negative birth experiences are often related to birthing people's loss of autonomy. We argue that a fetal‐focused decision‐making framework and a maternal–fetal conflict lens are often applied, creating a false dichotomy between autonomy and fetal beneficence ...
Michael Rost, Zelda Stuerner, Paulomi Niles, Louisa Arnold   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Misoprostol in addition to routine treatment of postpartum hemorrhage: A hospital-based randomized-controlled trial in Karachi, Pakistan

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2008
Background Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) remains a major killer of women worldwide. Standard uterotonic treatments used to control postpartum bleeding do not always work and are not always available. Misoprostol's potential as a treatment option for PPH is
Blum Jennifer, Baber Neelofur, Sikander Rozina, Durocher Jill, Zuberi Nadeem F, Walraven Gijs   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Perceptions of quality of care during birth at private Chiranjeevi facilities in Gujarat: lessons for Universal Health Coverage

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 2020
The Indian national health policy encourages partnerships with private providers as a means to achieve universal health coverage. One of these was the Chiranjeevi Yojana (CY), a partnership since 2006 with private obstetricians to increase access to ...
Veena Iyer, Dileep Mavalankar, Rachel Tolhurst, Ayesha De Costa   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Retained placenta: will medical treatment ever be possible? [PDF]

, 2016
The standard treatment for retained placenta is manual removal whatever its subtype (adherens, trapped or partial accreta). Although medical treatment should reduce the risk of anesthetic and surgical complications, they have not been found to be ...
Beekhuizen, Bullarbo, Bullarbo, Cheung, Herman, Herman, John, Kerr, Magann, Moodley, Nardin, Say, Visalyaputra, Weeks   +13 more
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The compatibility of oxytocin and tranexamic acid injection products when mixed for co‐administration by infusion for the treatment of postpartum haemorrhage: An in vitro investigation

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, Volume 130, Issue 7, Page 741-749, June 2023., 2023
Abstract Objective To investigate the compatibility of oxytocin and tranexamic acid injection products when mixed for the purpose of co‐administration by intravenous infusion. Design Compatibility testing. Setting Hospitals taking part in a multicentre postpartum haemorrhage treatment (E‐MOTIVE) trial in Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and South Africa ...
Pete Lambert, Alessandra Tomazzini, Philip Wright, Claire McEvoy, Ioannis D. Gallos, Anne Ammerdorffer, Lester Chinery, Arri Coomarasamy, Ahmet Metin Gülmezoglu   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is a randomized controlled trial of waterbirth possible? An Australian feasibility study

Birth, Volume 49, Issue 4, Page 697-708, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Background The safety of waterbirth is contested because of the lack of evidence from randomized trials and conflicting results. This research assessed the feasibility of a prospective study of waterbirth (trial or cohort). Methods We conducted a prospective cohort study at an Australian maternity hospital.
Jyai Allen, Yu Gao, Hannah Dahlen, Maree Reynolds, Michael Beckmann, Catherine Cooper, Sue Kildea   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reported Pain During Labour – A Qualitative Study of Influencing Factors among Parturient During Confinement in Private or Government Hospital [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
Introduction: Labour pain is distressing and it produces undue side effects both to the mother and the baby. The incidence is high in developing countries like India where the awareness about labour analgesia is still lacking.
S. Parthasarathy, M. Ravishankar, V.R. Hemanthkumar   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Effect of Oxytocics on the "Ca-Deficient" Uterus

The Journal of General Physiology, 1959
If the excised, parturient rabbit uterus is repeatedly treated with a Krebs solution free from Ca, its tension in a tetanus drops gradually, and in 15 to 30 minutes becomes zero.
E. Coutinho, A. Csapo
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Mifepristone and Misoprostol Vs Misoprostol Alone in Second Trimester Termination of Pregnancy

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2018
Introduction: During the last decade, medical methods for second trimester abortion have considerably improved and become safe and more accessible. The combination of mifepristone and misoprostol is now an established and highly effective method for ...
Deepa Shah, Pappu Rijal, Achala Thakur, Rubina Rai   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source