Risk factors for neonatal transfers from the Sapopemba free-standing birth centre to a hospital in São Paulo, Brazil

Midwifery

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Koiffman, Márcia Duarte ^a   Schneck, Camilla Alexsandra ^a   Riesco, Maria Luiza Gonzalez ^a   Bonadio, Isabel Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Birthing centres; Case control studies; Neonatal mortality; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DELIVERY ROOM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; MATERNITY WARD; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

BIRTHING CENTERS; BRAZIL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DELIVERY ROOMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT TRANSFER; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149407542     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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