Value of a modified early obstetric warning system (MEOWS) in managing maternal complications in the peripartum period: An ethnographic study

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 26-34

  Mackintosh, Nicola ^a   Watson, Kylie ^b   Rance, Susanna ^a   Sandall, Jane ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MIDWIFE; MODIFIED EARLY OBSTETRIC WARNING SYSTEM; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OBSTETRICIAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL PERIOD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAL SIGN; WORKLOAD;

DECISION SUPPORT, CLINICAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TRANSITIONS IN CARE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; CLINICAL ALARMS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PERIPARTUM PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; VITAL SIGNS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84892728297     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001781     Document Type: Article

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