Search for dissertations about: "retrospective audit"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words retrospective audit.

  1. 1. Improving quality of perinatal care through clinical audit : a study from a tertiary hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    Author : Hussein L Kidanto; Lennarth Nyström; Gunilla Lindmark; Siriel Massawe; Geir Jacobsen; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Perinatal mortality; perinatal audit; avoidable factors; anaemia in pregnancy; eclampsia; Epidemiology; Epidemiologi; epidemiologi; Epidemiology;

    Abstract : Perinatal audit has been tested and proved an important tool for reduction of perinatal mortality and assessment of quality of perinatal care. At Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH), a tertiary hospital in Dar es salaam, Tanzania we performed a retrospective cross-sectional study using data from an obstetrics database to classify all perinatal deaths during 1999-2003. READ MORE

  2. 2. Methods, design and components for a computer-based patient record to promote quality care in general practice

    Author : Rolf Linnarsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : computerized medical records systems; medical audit; health care quality assurance; primary health care; general practice; decision support systems; reminder systems; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : Ever since the introduction of the first computer-based patient records (CPR), there have been expectations concerning the potential of CPR not only to support patient care but also to improve its quality. In this thesis methods and models for CPR in general practice are investigated, particularly with respect to possibilities and limitations concerning quality assurance and decision support. READ MORE

  3. 3. Maternal deaths in Mozambique : an audit approach with special reference to adolescence, abortion and violence

    Author : Ana Carla L Granja; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Adolescence; matemal mortality; audit; avoidability; antenatal care; malaria; pregnancy-induced hypertension; abortion; violence; Mozambique.;

    Abstract : The main purpose of the present thesis was to elucidate the causes and circumstances that surround maternal deaths occurring in Hospital Central de Maputo (HCM). The specific aims were 1: to identify the major causes of direct and indirect matemal deaths, and by utilizing the audit approach, to address the avoidability aspect in each case, 2: to estimate the contribution of malaria to matemal mortality, 3: to compare the main causes of direct and indirect matemal death in adolescents with those in non-adolescents, and the prevalence of risk factors used in antenatal cards with the intention to identify "high risk pregnancy" among such women, 4: to review pregnancy-related deaths due to injuries in HCM, and to elucidate the contribution of violence (homicide and suicide) to these deaths, 5: to estimate the trends of matemal mortality in a ten year period, with special reference to adolescents, and to compare the contribution of induced abortion to matemal mortality in two periods in which different policies regarding abortion were applied. READ MORE

  4. 4. Enhancing survival of mothers and their newborns in Tanzania

    Author : Godfrey Mbaruku; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Maternal mortality; intervention; audit; Kigoma. Tanzania;

    Abstract : General aims: The main purpose of the present studies was to examine the problem of maternal and perinatal mortality in an upcountry region of a low-income country. This was done by estimating the magnitude of maternal and perinatal mortality, both in the hospital and in the community, through elucidating the underlying causes of maternal and perinatal mortality, and by initiating low-cost interventions and monitoring mechanisms in order to enhance the survival of mothers and their newborns, in Kigoma, Tanzania. READ MORE

  5. 5. Pregnancies with decreased fetal movements : risk factors and strategies for mitigation of poor neonatal outcomes

    Author : Irene Sterpu; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background and aims: The most feared complication of pregnancy is stillbirth. Globally there are 2.6 million stillbirths annually with more than 7000 deaths a day. Pregnancies with reduced fetal movements have a higher risk of stillbirth and growth restriction. READ MORE