Furkan Karahan, Arif Atay, Fatma Hüsniye Dilek, Cengiz Tavusbay, Murat Kemal Atahan
{"title":"Acute mesenteric thrombosis in a pregnant woman with Factor V Leiden mutation with a history of in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer: case report and literature review","authors":"Furkan Karahan, Arif Atay, Fatma Hüsniye Dilek, Cengiz Tavusbay, Murat Kemal Atahan","doi":"10.18597/rcog.3854","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18597/rcog.3854","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To report the case of a patient diagnosed with acute mesenteric vein thrombosis (AMVT) associated with Factor V Leiden mutation and a history of in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer and review the literature on risk factors and treatments performed for AMVT.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>We reported the case of a 37-year-old pregnant woman. A bibliographic search was carried out in Medline/PubMed and LILACS, filtering by type of language (English and Spanish). Primary cohort studies, cases and controls, case reports and case series were included, which addressed the risk factors associated with the development of acute mesenteric thrombosis during pregnancy and treatments performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The search identified cases and control studies, case reports and case series related to mesenteric ischemia, pregnancy and in vitro fertilization. The literature reported that the main factors associated with mesenteric ischemia are pregnancy itself, genetic factors, drugs, protein C and protein S deficiency and idiopathic causes.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>SMV thrombosis is a life-threatening and very rarely seen condition that emerges in pregnancies. The literature suggests that, during gestation, the factors associated with the development of acute mesenteric thrombosis are hypercoagulability induced by pregnancy, the administration of oral estrogen during IVF-ET, and other precipitating factors. More studies are required to better understand the possible additional factors and build better optimal treatment algorithms.</p>","PeriodicalId":35675,"journal":{"name":"Revista Colombiana de Obstetricia y Ginecologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/94/eb/2463-0225-rcog-73-04-3854.PMC9856615.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10618946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Raquel García-Guerra, Myrna Assaf-Balut, Sara El-Bakkali, Irene Pérez de Ávila-Benavides, Miguel Ángel Huertas-Fernández
{"title":"Uterine necrosis following hemostatic compression suture: case report and review of the literature","authors":"Raquel García-Guerra, Myrna Assaf-Balut, Sara El-Bakkali, Irene Pérez de Ávila-Benavides, Miguel Ángel Huertas-Fernández","doi":"10.18597/rcog.3856","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18597/rcog.3856","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To present a case of uterine necrosis following hemostatic suturing to control postpartum bleeding, and to review the literature in order to identify the suture techniques employed, clinical findings, diagnostics and treatment in the clinical cases described.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>A 34-year-old woman presenting with abdominal pain eight days after cesarean delivery due to placenta previa who required B-Lynch compression suture due to uterine atony, and who was diagnosed with uterine necrosis. The patient underwent total abdominal hysterectomy with a satisfactory recovery. A systematic literature search was conducted in the Medline vía Pubmed, Embase and Web of Science databases. The search included case series and reports, and cohorts of women with uterine necrosis following the use of uterine compression sutures for postpartum bleeding. The analysis included sociodemographic and clinical variables at the time of diagnosis, suturing technique, diagnostic tests and treatment.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Overall, 23 studies with 24 patients were included. Of all necrosis cases, 83% occurred following cesarean section. B-Lynch was the suturing technique most frequently used (66 %), followed by the Cho suture (25 %). The most frequent symptoms were fever and abdominal pain. The most commonly used diagnostic test was computed tomography (9/24 cases). Hysterectomy was performed in the majority of cases (75 %).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Although rare, uterine wall necrosis is a serious complication. It would be advisable to design follow-up cohort studies of women undergoing these procedures in order to determine the incidence of associated complications.</p>","PeriodicalId":35675,"journal":{"name":"Revista Colombiana de Obstetricia y Ginecologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/b2/f1/2463-0225-rcog-73-04-3856.PMC9856609.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10618945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carolina Arango-Montoya, María Ximena López-Arroyave, Juliana Marín-Ríos, Alejandro Colonia-Toro, José Bareño-Silva
{"title":"Successful vaginal delivery and maternal and perinatal outcomes in patients with a history of cesarean section and labor trial: cross-sectional study","authors":"Carolina Arango-Montoya, María Ximena López-Arroyave, Juliana Marín-Ríos, Alejandro Colonia-Toro, José Bareño-Silva","doi":"10.18597/rcog.3874","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18597/rcog.3874","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To determine the proportion of successful vaginal deliveries in women with prior cesarean section; to describe maternal and perinatal complications; and to examine the factors associated with vaginal delivery.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Descriptive cross-sectional study of women with a history of cesarean delivery, gestational age of more than 24 weeks, singleton live fetuses, with prior vaginal delivery who received care in a high complexity public institution in 2019. Patients with a history of more than one cesarean section or myomectomy were excluded. Consecutive sampling was used. Sociodemographic and obstetric variables, delivery route and maternal and perinatal complications were measured. A descriptive analysis as well as a multivariate exploratory analysis of the factors associated with successful vaginal delivery were carried out.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 286 pregnant women included, the percentage of successful vaginal deliveries was 74.5 %. Maternal complications were identified in 3.2 % of vaginal delivery cases and in 6.8 % of cesarean births. Complications occurred in 1.3 % of all live neonates; there were 2 perinatal deaths. An association was found between successful vaginal delivery and a history of prior vaginal delivery (OR: 2.7; 95 % CI: 1.15-6.29); a Bishop score greater than 6 (OR: 2.2; 95 % CI: 1.03-4.56); spontaneous labor initiation (OR: 4.5; IC 95 % CI: 2.07-9.6); and maternal age under 30 years (OR:2.28; 95 % CI: 1.2-4.2).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Vaginal delivery is a safe option to consider in patients with prior cesarean section, in particular in cases of spontaneous labor initiation or prior vaginal delivery. Prospective cohorts are needed in order to confirm these findings.</p>","PeriodicalId":35675,"journal":{"name":"Revista Colombiana de Obstetricia y Ginecologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/11/cd/2463-0225-rcog-73-04-3874.PMC9856610.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10618944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reflections on the performance of the Colombian Minister of Health regarding the management of the COVID-19 pandemic, sexual and reproductive health and public health","authors":"Jorge Enrique Tolosa-Ardila","doi":"10.18597/rcog.3938","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18597/rcog.3938","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To offer a critical assessment of the incumbent Health Minister’s performance at the end of the Ivan Duque administration regarding the management of the pandemic, sexual and reproductive health, and public health in Colombia.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Based on the description of challenges faced during this time period, we present evidence regarding performance results which, together with the author’s opinion, offer an assessment of the work done.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The Health Minister’s performance in managing the pandemic fell short, in particular as concerns sexual and reproductive health, as well as public health.</p>","PeriodicalId":35675,"journal":{"name":"Revista Colombiana de Obstetricia y Ginecologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/31/a9/2463-0225-rcog-73-04-3938.PMC9812291.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10628435","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alejandro Vargas-Gutiérrez, José Ricardo Navarro-Vargas
{"title":"Design of biomedical devices and business plans. The new alternatives for the degree work of our resident doctors","authors":"Alejandro Vargas-Gutiérrez, José Ricardo Navarro-Vargas","doi":"10.18597/rcog.3926","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18597/rcog.3926","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35675,"journal":{"name":"Revista Colombiana de Obstetricia y Ginecologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/8c/e8/2463-0225-rcog-73-03-3926.PMC9674386.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10196503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Albaro José Nieto-Calvache, José Enrique Sanín-Blair, Haidi Marcela Buitrago-Leal, Jesús Andrés Benavides-Serralde, Juliana Maya-Castro, Adda Piedad Rozo-Rangel, Adriana Messa-Bryon, Alejandro Colonia-Toro, Armando Rafael Gómez-Castro, Arturo Cardona-Ospina, Carlos Eduardo Caicedo-Cáceres, Elkin Fabian Dorado-Roncancio, Jaime Luis Silva, Javier Andrés Carvajal-Valencia, Jesús Arnulfo Velásquez-Penagos, Jorge Ernesto Niño-González, Juan Manuel Burgos-Luna, Juan Carlos Rincón-García, Lía Matera-Torres, Orlando Afranio Villamizar-Galvis, Sandra Ximena Olaya-Garay, Virna Patricia Medina-Palmezano, Jimmy Castañeda
{"title":"Colombian Consensus on the Treatment of Placenta Accreta Spectrum (PAS)","authors":"Albaro José Nieto-Calvache, José Enrique Sanín-Blair, Haidi Marcela Buitrago-Leal, Jesús Andrés Benavides-Serralde, Juliana Maya-Castro, Adda Piedad Rozo-Rangel, Adriana Messa-Bryon, Alejandro Colonia-Toro, Armando Rafael Gómez-Castro, Arturo Cardona-Ospina, Carlos Eduardo Caicedo-Cáceres, Elkin Fabian Dorado-Roncancio, Jaime Luis Silva, Javier Andrés Carvajal-Valencia, Jesús Arnulfo Velásquez-Penagos, Jorge Ernesto Niño-González, Juan Manuel Burgos-Luna, Juan Carlos Rincón-García, Lía Matera-Torres, Orlando Afranio Villamizar-Galvis, Sandra Ximena Olaya-Garay, Virna Patricia Medina-Palmezano, Jimmy Castañeda","doi":"10.18597/rcog.3877","DOIUrl":"10.18597/rcog.3877","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) is a condition associated with massive postpartum bleeding and maternal mortality. Management guidelines published in high income countries recommend the participation of interdisciplinary teams in hospitals with sufficient resources for performing complex procedures. However, some of the recommendations contained in those guidelines are difficult to implement in low and medium income countries.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The aim of this consensus is to draft general recommendations for the treatment of PAS in Colombia.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Twenty-three panelists took part in the consensus with their answers to 31 questions related to the treatment of PAS. The panelists were selected based on participation in two surveys designed to determine the resolution capabilities of national and regional hospitals. The modified Delphi methodology was used, introducing two successive discussion rounds. The opinions of the participants, with a consensus of more than 80%, as well as implementation barriers and facilitators, were taken into consideration in order to issue the recommendations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The consensus draftedfive recommendations, integrating the answers of the panelists. \u0000Recommendation 1. Primary care institutions must undertake active search of PAS in patients with risk factors: placenta praevia and history of myomectomy or previous cesarean section. In case of ultrasound signs suggesting PAS, patients must be immediately referred, without a minimum gestational age, to hospitals recognized as referral centers. Online communication and care modalities may facilitate the interaction between primary care institutions and referral centers for PAS. The risks and benefits of telemedicine modalities must be weighed.\u0000Recommendation 2. Referral hospitals for PAS need to be defined in each region of Colombia, ensuring coverage throughout the national territory. It is advisable to concentrate the flow of patients affected by this condition in a few hospitals with surgical teams specifically trained in PAS, availability of specialized resources, and institutional efforts at improving quality of care with the aim of achieving better health outcomes in pregnant women with this condition. To achieve this goal, participants recommend that healthcare regulatory agencies at a national and regional level should oversee the process of referral for these patients, expediting administrative pathways in those cases in which there is no prior agreement between the insurer and the selected hospital or clinic.\u0000Recommendation 3. Referral centers for patients with PAS are urged to build teams consisting of a fixed group of specialists (obstetricians, urologists, general surgeons, interventional radiologists) entrusted with the care of all PAS cases. It is advisable for these interdisciplinary teams to use the “intervention bundle” model as a guidance f","PeriodicalId":35675,"journal":{"name":"Revista Colombiana de Obstetricia y Ginecologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/12/e6/2463-0225-rcog-73-03-3877.PMC9674383.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10404524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Franco Rafael Ruiz-Echeverría, María Islena Beltrán-Salazar, Pedro Hernando Calderón-Quiroz, Juan David Lalinde-Triviño, Maribel Palencia-Palacios, Oscar Suescún-Garay
{"title":"Ovarian sex cord tumor with annular tubules: case report and review of the literature","authors":"Franco Rafael Ruiz-Echeverría, María Islena Beltrán-Salazar, Pedro Hernando Calderón-Quiroz, Juan David Lalinde-Triviño, Maribel Palencia-Palacios, Oscar Suescún-Garay","doi":"10.18597/rcog.3888","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18597/rcog.3888","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To report a case of ovarian sex cord tumor with annular tubules (SCTAT) and conduct a literature review on diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of this condition.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Case report of a woman with a final diagnosis of advanced SCTAT seen at the National Cancer Institute in Bogota (Colombia) who received surgical treatment and chemotherapy with a satisfactory course after 6 months. A literature search was conducted in the Medline via PubMed, LILACS and Scielo databases, including case reports and series of women diagnosed with SCTAT published since 1990, not using age ranges. Information about diagnosis, treatment and reported prognosis was retrieved. A narrative summary of the findings was prepared.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Fourteen publications with 26 patients were included. Mean age at diagnosis was 22.5 years. The main symptoms were menstruation abnormalities and pelvic pain. Computed tomography (CT) was the imaging technology most frequently used. Surgical treatment was used in all cases, together with chemotherapy in 29 %; 2 patients received radiotherapy. Recurrence occurred in 20 % of cases. Mortality was 12.5 %, with all deaths occurring within the first year.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>There is a paucity of information about the diagnostic utility of imaging, tumor markers and histochemical studies, as well as prognosis of this disease condition. Surgery is the treatment of choice, taking into consideration the patient’s wishes regarding fertility, as well as the stage of the tumor. Further studies are needed to provide more detailed information about this condition.</p>","PeriodicalId":35675,"journal":{"name":"Revista Colombiana de Obstetricia y Ginecologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/57/90/2463-0225-rcog-73-03-3888.PMC9674381.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10404523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The State and the obligation to guarantee maternal and perinatal health","authors":"Hernando Gaitán-Duarte","doi":"10.18597/rcog.3957","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18597/rcog.3957","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35675,"journal":{"name":"Revista Colombiana de Obstetricia y Ginecologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/dd/23/2463-0225-rcog-73-03-3957.PMC9674384.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10404521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ana María Ospino-Muñoz, Edna Alejandra Bonza-González, Cristian David Arévalo-Mojica, Jorge Andrés Rubio-Romero
{"title":"Adherence to recommendations for preventing early neonatal sepsis associated with Streptococcus agalactiae colonization in a referral center in Bogotá, Colombia, 2019","authors":"Ana María Ospino-Muñoz, Edna Alejandra Bonza-González, Cristian David Arévalo-Mojica, Jorge Andrés Rubio-Romero","doi":"10.18597/rcog.3917","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18597/rcog.3917","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To assess adherence to screening recommendations for the prevention of neonatal sepsis, and describe the prevalence of colonization by Group B streptococcus (GBS) as well as the perinatal outcomes associated with colonization by this bacterium.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Retrospective cohort study that included pregnant women at term and their newborns, seen at a private high-complexity clinic in Bogota, between July 1 and December 31, 2019. Adherence to screening and intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis in pregnant women colonized with group B streptococcus, as well as the prevalence of colonization and early adverse perinatal outcomes were assessed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Overall, 1928 women were included. Adherence to screening was 68.0 % (95 % CI: 66-70.1) and 87.9 % to intrapartum antibiotic administration (95 % CI: 87.8-88); non-indicated use of antibiotics occurred in 14.7 % of the women, for 86.3 % final adherence to antibiotic prophylaxis. The prevalence of GBS colonization was 12.5 % (95 % CI: 10.7-14.3); the incidence of neonatal hospitalization was 27.5 % (95 % CI: 16.3-33.7). There were no cases of mortality or early neonatal sepsis attributable to screening status, colonization or prophylactic antibiotics for GBS.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Additional studies in other centers are required in order to determine adherence to this guideline, particularly in those that receive users affiliated to the subsidized regime which covers the most vulnerable population. Also, new population studies of GBS prevalence and cost-effectiveness of universal screening compared to risk factor-based antibiotic prophylaxis are needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":35675,"journal":{"name":"Revista Colombiana de Obstetricia y Ginecologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/88/24/2463-0225-rcog-73-03-3917.PMC9674380.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10404522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jaime Luis Silva-Herrera, Diana Patricia Polanía-Reyes, Adriana Carolina Aya-Porto, Angélica María Russi-Santamaría, Natalia Suarez-Pareja
{"title":"Agreement between two scales used for assessing risk classification for thromboembolic events and the requirement of postpartum pharmacological prophylaxis","authors":"Jaime Luis Silva-Herrera, Diana Patricia Polanía-Reyes, Adriana Carolina Aya-Porto, Angélica María Russi-Santamaría, Natalia Suarez-Pareja","doi":"10.18597/rcog.3831","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18597/rcog.3831","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To determine agreement in assessing the need for postpartum pharmacological prophylaxis between the scale of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Colombian guideline scale in a Level IV institution in Bogota, Colombia.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Diagnostic agreement study assembled on a cross-sectional study. The included population consisted of pregnant women with 24 or more weeks of pregnancy admitted between March 1 and April 30 of 2021 to a high complexity private institution in Bogotá, Colombia, for labor induction, in active labor, for elective cesarean section, or who required urgent cesarean section. Convenience sampling was used. Measured variables included demographics, risk factors, risk classification and pharmacological prophylaxis according to the two scales. The prevalence of risk factors for each scale was estimated and agreement regarding prophylaxis indication between the two scales was measured using the weighted kappa value.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Overall, 320 patients were included. According to the scale of the Royal College Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 54.7 % patients were classified as low risk, 42.5 % as intermediate risk and 2.8 % as high risk. The Colombian scale classified 80 % of patients as low risk, 17.2 % as intermediate risk, 2.2 % as high risk, and 0.6 % as very high risk. The weighted kappa value for agreement regarding the indication was 0.47 (95 % CI: 0.38-0.56).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Agreement between the two scales to determine the need for postpartum pharmacological prophylaxis is moderate. Risk classification criteria for the Colombian scale should be validated in a second cohort. Moreover, the predictive ability of the Colombian guideline tool should be assessed at different cut-off points in terms of the consequences of false positive and false negative results.</p>","PeriodicalId":35675,"journal":{"name":"Revista Colombiana de Obstetricia y Ginecologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/9d/41/2463-0225-rcog-73-03-3831.PMC9674385.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10343052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}