{
    "abstract": "The goal of this systematic review is to assess the incidence, prevalence, and timing of common postpartum (up to 1 year after delivery) medical, surgical/procedural, and psychosocial complications and mortality.\nChildbirth is the most common cause for hospitalization, and cesarean delivery is the most commonly performed inpatient surgery. After delivery, mothers are at risk of short- and long-term complications that can impact their well-being. The results of this review will inform evidence-based recommendations for patient education, monitoring, and follow-up.\nWe will include studies performed in Canada and/or the United States that report the incidence or prevalence of medical, procedural/surgical, and psychosocial complications within 1 year postpartum. Observational studies (analytical cross-sectional studies, retrospective and prospective cohorts), randomized or non-randomized controlled trials with a control or standard of care group, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses will be included. Studies with fewer than 100 patients, participants younger than 18 years, no reporting of duration, or focus on patients with a specific condition rather than a general postpartum population will be excluded.\nThe search strategy was codeveloped with a medical librarian and included full-text English-language articles published within the past 10 years (2011-2021) in PubMed, CINHAL, Web of Science, and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Screening, critical appraisal, and data extraction will be performed by two independent reviewers using Covidence, standardized JBI tools, and a standardized form, respectively. For each complication, the incidence or prevalence, timing of the frequency measurement, and duration of follow-up from individual studies will be determined. Meta-analysis will be performed if feasible.\nPROSPERO CRD42022303047.",
    "authors": [
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Anesthesia, St. Paul's Hospital, Providence Health Care, Vancouver, BC, Canada.\nDepartment of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.\nDepartment of Anesthesiology, Pain Management, and Perioperative Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.",
            "firstname": "Janny Xue Chen",
            "initials": "JXC",
            "lastname": "Ke"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.",
            "firstname": "Marianne",
            "initials": "M",
            "lastname": "Vidler"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.",
            "firstname": "Justine",
            "initials": "J",
            "lastname": "Dol"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, USA.",
            "firstname": "Brendan",
            "initials": "B",
            "lastname": "Carvalho"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.",
            "firstname": "Lindsay Ellis A",
            "initials": "LEA",
            "lastname": "Blake"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA.",
            "firstname": "Ronald B",
            "initials": "RB",
            "lastname": "George"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "British Columbia Children's Hospital Research Institute, BC, Canada.",
            "firstname": "Jeff",
            "initials": "J",
            "lastname": "Bone"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.",
            "firstname": "Katherine M",
            "initials": "KM",
            "lastname": "Seligman"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Locum physician, BC, Canada.",
            "firstname": "Micaela",
            "initials": "M",
            "lastname": "Coombs"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Anesthesia, St. Paul's Hospital, Providence Health Care, Vancouver, BC, Canada.\nDepartment of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.",
            "firstname": "Anthony",
            "initials": "A",
            "lastname": "Chau"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Maternity ward nursing, St. Paul's Hospital, Providence Health Care, Vancouver, BC, Canada.",
            "firstname": "Laura",
            "initials": "L",
            "lastname": "Saville"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, USA.",
            "firstname": "Ronald S",
            "initials": "RS",
            "lastname": "Gibbs"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, USA.",
            "firstname": "Pervez",
            "initials": "P",
            "lastname": "Sultan"
        }
    ],
    "conclusions": null,
    "copyrights": "Copyright \u00a9 2022 JBI.",
    "doi": "10.11124/JBIES-21-00437",
    "journal": "JBI evidence synthesis",
    "keywords": [],
    "methods": null,
    "publication_date": "2022-08-18",
    "pubmed_id": "35975310",
    "results": null,
    "title": "Incidence, prevalence, and timing of postpartum complications and mortality in Canada and the United States: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol.",
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}