Is midwife workload associated with quality of process of care (continuous electronic fetal monitoring [CEFM]) and neonatal outcome indicators? A prospective study in consultant-led labour wards in Scotland

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 369-377

  Tucker, Janet ^a   Parry, G ^b   Penney, G ^b   Page, M ^b   Hundley, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTINUOUS ELECTRONIC FETAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS MONITORING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RESUSCITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKILL; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

APGAR SCORE; BED OCCUPANCY; CONSULTANTS; DELIVERY ROOMS; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SCOTLAND; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0142166789     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.2003.00524.x     Document Type: Article

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