Hannah L. Nathan

TL;DR: The predictive value of the shock index (SI) with conventional vital signs in postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) and to establish ‘alert’ thresholds for use in low‐resource settings are compared.

TL;DR: For women with hypovolemic shock from obstetric hemorrhage, shock index was consistently a strong predictor of all adverse outcomes, and in lower-level facilities in low resource settings, it is recommended to recommend a shock index threshold of ≥ 0.7.

TL;DR: Pregnancy hypertension is common in less-developed settings and most women in this study presented with gestational hypertension amenable to surveillance and timed delivery to improve outcomes, including standardised blood pressure measurement.

TL;DR: The Microlife 3AS1-2 device achieved an overall B/A grade in pregnancy (including pre-eclampsia) and fulfils the requirements stipulated by the WHO for an automated blood pressure device suitable for use in a low-resource setting, which makes it the ideal device for antenatal clinics and primary healthcare facilities in low-income and middle-income countries.

TL;DR: In this article, a prospective observational multicenter study of women admitted with preeclampsia in South Africa was conducted, where creatinine concentrations were extracted from national laboratory databases for women with ≥90 μmol/L (≥1.02 mg/dL).