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Childbirth-Related Injuries Decline, Linked With Use Of Instruments, AHRQ Report Finds
There were nearly 158,000 potentially avoidable childbirth-related injuries to women and their infants in 2006, a significant decline from 2000, according to a report by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HealthLeaders Media reports. The report used data submitted for 15 million discharges by 1,900 hospitals in 25 states, including the largest states -- California, New York, Florida and Texas. Between 2000 and 2006, the rate of potentially avoidable injuries during vaginal childbirth without the use of instruments, such as forceps, declined by 30%, according to the report. The injury rate declined by 21.3% for vaginal childbirth using instruments and by 16.7% for women undergoing caesarean sections. Report author Roxanne Andrews of AHRQ said that the report did not examine factors that might have contributed to the declining injury rates but added that it is an area for further study.The report found that rates of injury were higher when instruments were used during childbirth. For instance, trauma to the woman during vaginal delivery with the use of instruments occurred 160.5 times per 1,000 discharges, compared with 36.2 times when instruments were not used. The report said that the most common injuries to women were perineum tears, which are avoidable in many cases. Traumatic injury to infants during childbirth -- such as broken collarbones, head injuries and infections -- occurred 1.6 times per 1,000 discharges.The report also highlighted care disparities between women in low-income areas and those in high-income areas. Women giving birth in high-income areas had 44% more injuries during vaginal delivery than their counterparts in low-income areas. Black and Hispanic women experienced fewer injuries than white women, while Asian American and Pacific Islander women experienced the highest rate of injuries. The report found that women covered by Medicaid were less likely to be injured during childbirth -- 127 injuries per 1,000 deliveries -- compared with women with private insurance plans -- 185 injuries per 1,000 deliveries. However, the rate of injury for infants covered under Medicaid was higher -- 1.7 per 1,000 deliveries -- than those under private plans -- 1.5 per 1,000 deliveries.The report encouraged providers to evaluate their practices to better understand why such complications occur. According to the report, "Identifying which types of patient safety problems exist for different sub-groups of patients is an important first step in developing interventions to reduce disparities and achieve high quality of care for all patients" (Clark, HealthLeaders Media, 6/18).
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Food For Thought: Report Published Into The UK's Health

Medical scientists from Southampton have contributed to a major new report published today, setting out plans to enhance the nation"s health by improving diet, increasing physical activity and cutting harmful drinking. Professor David Coggon and Dr Nick Sheron of the University of Southampton"s School of Medicine, are among a panel of experts from health charities, consumer organisations, academia and the food and drink industry, commissioned to explore how business and government can work together to promote public health. The report found that deaths from alcohol have doubled in the last 15 years as consumption has increased and in two decades obesity has tripled, while just 1 in 4 women and 4 in 10 men do the recommended amount of exercise. Dr Sheron, a hepatologist at the University of Southampton and one of the UK"s leading experts on alcohol misuse explains: "Alcohol-related liver deaths in the UK have outstripped France, Spain and Italy. This report highlights the need for proper funding of alcohol services and makes the point that the Government needs to think about both minimum pricing and fiscal measures that can reduce alcohol consumption. "We have reached the stage where hazardous and harmful drinkers are now drinking three-quarters of all the alcohol sold in the UK." Professor David Coggon, who researches occupational and environmental medicine at the University, adds: "We have outlined ways in which business and government could work as partners to help people live longer and healthier lives. It"s about provision of simple, clear, consistent information, and creating an environment in which it is easier for the individual to make healthy choices." Other recommendations of the report, commissioned by the Conservative party and chaired by Dave Lewis of Unilever, include: - consistent delivery of key health messages by a single branded vehicle with standardised information on food packaging and in restaurants and bars - reduction of salt, saturated fat and sugar and the complete elimination of industrial transfats in foods - reduced portion sizes in shops and restaurants - restriction of food advertising to children, and a full and independent review of exposure to alcohol advertising - incentivising GPs for prevention of alcohol and other health problems, with ring-fenced PCT funding for prevention - replacing the term "units", which represent different sizes across the EU, with centilitres (cl); one UK unit is actually one centilitre of pure alcohol. University of Southampton


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