Multicentric collaborative database in obstetrics and gynecology. Interdisciplinary Multicentric Working Group on Antenatal Research

Notwithstanding the type of study that is planned (retrospective or prospective), a multicentric and interdisciplinary approach assures a much better progress of the data collection than a single center approach does. We present herein the potential applicability of the system adapted by us in the national projects budgeted by the Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences. In our research we use an adapted version of Astraia - a database for women’s health data management. The database allows the documentation of main medical data about pregnant women, birth and neonates. The database was adapted to allow documentation of information about the biological samples collected and stored from patients. Queries were edited to allow identification and recognition of samples in the database. Our previous research recommends our platform for use in the following projects of the Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences: National Registry of Malformations and New Strategies in Health Prevention Measures.