Reducing Decision to Incision Time Interval for Emergency Cesarean Sections

24 Months’ Experience from Rural Sierra Leone

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ID15465883
AuthorsLahai Tucker (University of Sierra Leone), Anna Frühauf (0000-0003-1237-5769, University of Sierra Leone), Isata Dumbuya (University of Sierra Leone), Paul Muwanguzi (0000-0001-6229-1315, University of Sierra Leone), Marta Lado (University of Sierra Leone), Daniel Lavallie (Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Koidu Government Hospital, Koidu Town, Kono District, Sierra Leone), Mohamed Gbeshay Sheku (University of Makeni), Mohamed Sheku (Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Makeni Regional Hospital, Makeni City, Bombali District, Sierra Leone), Chiyembekezo Kachimanga (0000-0003-3507-9591, University of Sierra Leone, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume18
Issue16
Pages8581-8581
Publication date2021-08-13
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph18168581
PMID34444330
OpenAlexW3193902292
LanguageEN
References cited17

Although not all cesarean sections were performed within the 30-min threshold, the decision to incision interval decreased significantly. Improvements in documentation and routine reporting of the decision to incision time interval is recommended

Audit · Business · Confidence interval · Documentation · Obstetrics · Sierra leone · Socioeconomics · Computer Science · Global Health Workforce Issues · Global Maternal and Child Health · Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions · Medicine · Emergency Medicine · Internal Medicine · Surgery

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