Holistic physiological care compared with active management of the third stage of labour for women at low risk of postpartum haemorrhage: A cohort study

Women and Birth

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 146-152

  Fahy, Kathleen ^a   Hastie, Carolyn ^a   Bisits, Andrew ^a   Marsh, Christine ^a   Smith, Lurena ^a   Saxton, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birth centre care; Labour; Labour, third stage; Midwifery models; Physiological third stage care

Indexed keywords

ERGOMETRINE; ERGOMETRINE PLUS OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN;

ARTICLE; CINAHL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COHORT ANALYSIS; HOLISTIC CARE; HOLISTIC PHYSIOLOGICAL CARE; HUMAN; LABOR STAGE 3; MATERNITY WARD; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MIDWIFE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

BIRTHING CENTERS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, THIRD; MIDWIFERY; NEW SOUTH WALES; OXYTOCICS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77958169130     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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