Is the operative delivery rate in low-risk women dependent on the level of birth care? A randomised controlled trial

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1357-1364

  Bernitz, S ^a   Rolland, R ^b   Blix, E ^c,d   Jacobsen, M ^a,e   SjOborg K ^a   Oian P ^c,d  

^a Ostfold Hospital Trust   (Norway)

^b VESTRE VIKEN HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Birth outcome; birth unit; low risk birth; midwife led unit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTOCIA; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPHINCTER INJURY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; APGAR SCORE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; NORWAY; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PATIENT TRANSFER; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; VACUUM EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052766443     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2011.03043.x     Document Type: Article

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