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Assessing The Adherence Of Obstetricians Towards Postpartum Diabetes Screening Guidelines: A Pre- And Post-Intervention Study At Secondary Care Hospital In Karachi, Pakistan, Sadiqa Munir Razzaqui, Neelofur Babar, Zaib Un Nisa Memon, Sarah Rafiq
Assessing The Adherence Of Obstetricians Towards Postpartum Diabetes Screening Guidelines: A Pre- And Post-Intervention Study At Secondary Care Hospital In Karachi, Pakistan, Sadiqa Munir Razzaqui, Neelofur Babar, Zaib Un Nisa Memon, Sarah Rafiq
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Objective: To assess the adherence level of obstetricians towards postpartum diabetes screening guidelines.
Methods: The quasi-experimental pre- and post-intervention study was conducted from May 2014 to April 2015 at Aga Khan Hospital for Women-Karimabad, Karachi, and comprised all obstetricians practicing at the time. All the booked women with gestational diabetes delivered in the 6 months before refresher lecture (group 1) and those delivering in the 6 months following the intervention (group 2) were included. Data was analysed using SPSS 19.
Results: Of the 550 cases, 275(50%) each were in groups 1 and 2. All pregnant women had live-birth. The intervention …
Antibiotic Prophylaxis In The Surgical Management Of Miscarriage In Low-Income Countries: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Of The Aims Trial, Ilias Goranitis, David M. Lissauer, Arri Coomarasamy, Amie Wilson, Jane Daniels, Lee Middleton, Jonathan Bishop, Catherine A. Hewitt, Andrew D. Week, Chisale Mhango, Ronald Mataya, Iffat Ahmed
Antibiotic Prophylaxis In The Surgical Management Of Miscarriage In Low-Income Countries: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Of The Aims Trial, Ilias Goranitis, David M. Lissauer, Arri Coomarasamy, Amie Wilson, Jane Daniels, Lee Middleton, Jonathan Bishop, Catherine A. Hewitt, Andrew D. Week, Chisale Mhango, Ronald Mataya, Iffat Ahmed
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Background: There is ongoing debate on the clinical benefits of antibiotic prophylaxis for reducing pelvic infection after miscarriage surgery. We aimed to study the cost-effectiveness of antibiotic prophylaxis in the surgical management of miscarriage in low-income countries.
Method: We did an incremental cost-effectiveness analysis using data from 3412 women recruited to the AIMS trial, a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial designed to evaluate the effectiveness of antibiotic prophylaxis in the surgical management of miscarriage in Malawi, Pakistan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Economic evaluation was done from a health-care-provider perspective on the basis of the outcome of cost per pelvic infection avoided within …