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Health Care Providers’ Perspective and Knowledge about Peri-Surgical Medication and Practices in Breastfeeding Women

Many guidelines offer recommendations to support the continuation of breastfeeding and the choice of medication when a mother undergoes a surgical procedure. The aim of this study is to investigate health care providers’ (HCPs) current practices and knowledge about peri-surgical medication and pract...

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Autores principales: De Hondt, Lena, Gorsen, Santina Lisa, Verburgh, Patrick, De Paepe, Kristien, Muyldermans, Joke, Tommelein, Eline
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9964632/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36834074
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043379
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author De Hondt, Lena
Gorsen, Santina Lisa
Verburgh, Patrick
De Paepe, Kristien
Muyldermans, Joke
Tommelein, Eline
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Gorsen, Santina Lisa
Verburgh, Patrick
De Paepe, Kristien
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description Many guidelines offer recommendations to support the continuation of breastfeeding and the choice of medication when a mother undergoes a surgical procedure. The aim of this study is to investigate health care providers’ (HCPs) current practices and knowledge about peri-surgical medication and practices in breastfeeding women. We performed a cross-sectional study in Flanders (Belgium) assessing demographics, beliefs about breastfeeding and its health benefits, current practices concerning breastfeeding women undergoing (surgical) procedures and specific knowledge about the use of medication during breastfeeding. Two hundred and ninety-one (291) participants completed the online questionnaire. Many participants considered their knowledge about breastfeeding to be good, and almost all participants acknowledged the superiority of breastfeeding and the importance of its continuation. Very few participants were, however, familiar with the available protocols concerning surgical procedures in breastfeeding women. Less than half of the participants routinely advised the recommended practices to protect breastfeeding. For most of the peri-surgical medication, participants needed to look-up information about the compatibility with breastfeeding. We conclude that there is a knowledge gap and recommend the development of a comprehensive guideline as well as implementation of this information in basic and post-academic training.
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spelling pubmed-99646322023-02-26 Health Care Providers’ Perspective and Knowledge about Peri-Surgical Medication and Practices in Breastfeeding Women De Hondt, Lena Gorsen, Santina Lisa Verburgh, Patrick De Paepe, Kristien Muyldermans, Joke Tommelein, Eline Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Many guidelines offer recommendations to support the continuation of breastfeeding and the choice of medication when a mother undergoes a surgical procedure. The aim of this study is to investigate health care providers’ (HCPs) current practices and knowledge about peri-surgical medication and practices in breastfeeding women. We performed a cross-sectional study in Flanders (Belgium) assessing demographics, beliefs about breastfeeding and its health benefits, current practices concerning breastfeeding women undergoing (surgical) procedures and specific knowledge about the use of medication during breastfeeding. Two hundred and ninety-one (291) participants completed the online questionnaire. Many participants considered their knowledge about breastfeeding to be good, and almost all participants acknowledged the superiority of breastfeeding and the importance of its continuation. Very few participants were, however, familiar with the available protocols concerning surgical procedures in breastfeeding women. Less than half of the participants routinely advised the recommended practices to protect breastfeeding. For most of the peri-surgical medication, participants needed to look-up information about the compatibility with breastfeeding. We conclude that there is a knowledge gap and recommend the development of a comprehensive guideline as well as implementation of this information in basic and post-academic training. MDPI 2023-02-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9964632/ /pubmed/36834074 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043379 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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