¿Puede un sistema de estándares e indicadores de calidad relacionados a cesárea reducir la morbi-mortalidad materna?

Background: the application of standards and indicators of maternal neonatal care in units that do not use quality parameters improves regulatory compliance activities on prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum, of the newborn and perinatal complications related to caesarean section.Objective: impleme...

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Main Author: León, Wilfrido (author)
Other Authors: Grijalva, Sonia (author), Balda, Baita (author), Carrasco, María Lucila (author), Cortéz, Patricia (author), Torres, Francisco (author)
Format: article
Language:spa
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://revistadigital.uce.edu.ec/index.php/CIENCIAS_MEDICAS/article/view/1516
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Summary:Background: the application of standards and indicators of maternal neonatal care in units that do not use quality parameters improves regulatory compliance activities on prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum, of the newborn and perinatal complications related to caesarean section.Objective: implement and monitor the trend of compliance quarterly of a system of standards and indicators of obstetric and neonatal complications related to caesarean section and its impact on maternal mortality and morbidity.Methodology: intervention prospective "before and after", to be held in the obstetrics service of the health South of Quito Metropolitan unit for 15 months. Was the lifting of the epidemiological baseline of Caesarea; were you socialized and trained staff in the use of the "Manual of standards, indicators and instruments to measure the quality of Maternal-Neonatal care" of the Ministry of public health; and quarterly monitoring of compliance were carried out.Results: significant levels of compliance are achieved (p≤0. 05) to ninth month of intervention in 11 of the 17 selected quality standards. To short term determines a reduction significant of the reason of mortality neonatal and a stabilization of the mortality maternal. Not decreased the frequency of caesarean section or hospital stay.Conclusion: the results support the use of a monitoring system using standards and indicators of obstetric and neonatal complications related to caesarean section to improve the quality of health care.