Resident physicians' and Midwives' Knowledge of Preeclampsia and Eclampsia Reflected in Their Practice at a Clinical Hospital in Southern Romania.

Resident physicians' and Midwives' Knowledge of Preeclampsia and Eclampsia Reflected in Their Practice at a Clinical Hospital in Southern Romania. J Med Life. 2019 Oct-Dec;12(4):435-441 Authors: Soggiu-Duta CL, Suciu N Abstract Romania has drastically improved an array of health indicators in recent years, including maternal mortality rates, which decreased from 1990 to 2015, but the mortality rates are still high, ranking among the first in Europe. Preeclampsia and eclampsia constitute one of the primary causes of maternal death in the country. The study was conducted from early January to the end of February 2019 to assess the current state of resident physicians' and midwives' knowledge of preeclampsia and eclampsia reflected in their practice at a clinical hospital in southern Romania. Self-administered questionnaires were used for data collection. Most of the investigated resident physicians and midwives (87.5%) answered correctly regarding the correct definition of preeclampsia. The first choice of procedure for the patient with preeclampsia (vaginal delivery or C-section) was chosen correctly by only 37.5% of the participants. Regarding the correct identification of the necessary paraclinical tests used for women with suspected preeclampsia, 58.3% of the participants answered correctly. As far as the correct identification of the possible risks of dexamethasone administration to mothers is concerned, only 29.2% of the particip...
Source: Journal of Medicine and Life - Category: General Medicine Tags: J Med Life Source Type: research