Belgian Obstetric Surveillance System
Description
The Belgian Obstetric Surveillance System, B.OSS, supported by the College of Mother and Newborn, has been constituted in 2011 and started registering in the whole of Belgium as from January 2012. Meanwhile, the registration and evaluation of some diseases or rare complications in pregnancy has become a widely accepted practice in Belgium. Belgian gynaecologists are happy to receive advice based on own data, because practice in Belgium and certainly the organization of medical care do differ from that used in neighbouring countries. Whereas Peristat (http://www.europeristat.com) develops valid and reliable indicators that can be used for monitoring and evaluating perinatal health in the EU, the purpose of B.OSS in Belgium and of INOSS internationally is trying to analyse and explain the figures that are obtained and to establish the best possible treatment to avoid maternal near misses and deaths.
The purpose of B.OSS is to achieve a registry and a surveillance of rare maternal complications of pregnancy in Belgium: to bring together expertise on the knowledge and the management of these conditions, so that in the future pregnant women with a rare complication of pregnancy could benefit through better information on the condition and the outcome of the condition.
Aim is to conduct descriptive epidemiological studies on rare obstetric disorders based on data collected by B.OSS: to define prevalence in Belgium and identify risk-factors, to describe and evaluate management and compare with international studies and guideline. Secondary objectives are to formulate recommendations for prevention: primary prevention (based on risk-factors) and secondary prevention (based on management and substandard care) and to formulate national guidelines.
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