Time for global scale-up, not randomized trials, of uterine balloon tamponade for postpartum hemorrhage

Thomas F Burke; Kusum Thapa; Poonam Shivkumar; Vincent Tarimo; Monica Oguttu; Lorraine Garg; Saroja Pande; Juzar Fidvi; Vidyadhar Bangal; José Ochoa; Archana Amatya; Melody Eckardt; Apollinaire Horo; Khama Rogo; Kshama Kedar; Albert Manasyan; Pragati Khalatkar; Susana Ku; Anders Seim; Sebastian Suarez; Moytrayee Guha; Khadija Abdalla; Carlos Fuchtner; Maria F Escobar; Sabaratnam Arulkumaran

doi:10.1002/ijgo.12492

Time for global scale-up, not randomized trials, of uterine balloon tamponade for postpartum hemorrhage

Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2018 Jul;142(1):115-118. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.12492. Epub 2018 Apr 14.

Authors

Thomas F Burke¹, Kusum Thapa², Poonam Shivkumar³, Vincent Tarimo⁴, Monica Oguttu⁵, Lorraine Garg¹, Saroja Pande², Juzar Fidvi⁶, Vidyadhar Bangal⁷, José Ochoa⁸, Archana Amatya², Melody Eckardt¹, Apollinaire Horo⁹, Khama Rogo¹⁰, Kshama Kedar¹¹, Albert Manasyan¹², Pragati Khalatkar¹³, Susana Ku¹⁴, Anders Seim¹⁵, Sebastian Suarez¹, Moytrayee Guha¹, Khadija Abdalla¹⁶, Carlos Fuchtner¹⁷, Maria F Escobar¹⁸, Sabaratnam Arulkumaran¹⁹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Global Health and Human Rights, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
² Nepal Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (NESOG), Propokar Maternity and Women's Hospital, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra, India.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
⁵ Kisumu Medical and Education Trust (KMET), Kisumu, Kenya.
⁶ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vidarbha Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
⁷ Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Rural Medical College, Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed University), Loni Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India.
⁸ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital General San Felipe, Tegucialpa, Honduras.
⁹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Teaching Hospital of Yopougon, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
¹⁰ African Institute for Health Transformations, Sagam Community Hospital, Luanda, Kenya.
¹¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
¹² Division of Pediatric Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital, Birmingham, AL, USA.
¹³ Khalatkar Hospital Paediatric Maternity and Surgical Hospital, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
¹⁴ Midwifery Services of Lambton-Kent, Bluewater Health Hospital, Sarnia, ON, Canada.
¹⁵ Health & Development International, Fjellstrand, Norway.
¹⁶ United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF Kenya Country Office, Nairobi, Kenya.
¹⁷ International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO), London, UK.
¹⁸ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fundacion Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia.
¹⁹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. George's University of London, London, UK.

PMID: 29569396
DOI: 10.1002/ijgo.12492

No abstract available

Keywords: Clinical equipoise; Global scale-up; Low-resource settings; Maternal mortality; Postpartum hemorrhage; Randomized controlled trial; Uterine balloon tamponade.

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Postpartum Hemorrhage / therapy*
Pregnancy
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Treatment Outcome
Uterine Balloon Tamponade / methods*