Outcomes of the first midwife-led birth centre in Italy: 5 Years' experience

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 276, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 333-337

  Morano, Sandra ^a   Cerutti, Fiorenza ^a   Mistrangelo, Emanuela ^a   Pastorino, Daniela ^a   Benussi, Monica ^a   Costantini, Sergio ^a   Ragni, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Low risk pregnancy; Midwife led birth centre; Midwives care unit; Straightforward pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPISIOTOMY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM CARE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNITY WARD; MIDWIFE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BIRTHING CENTERS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; NURSE MIDWIVES; PATIENT TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34548548386     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-007-0358-9     Document Type: Article

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