Perinatal and maternal outcomes by planned place of birth for healthy women with low risk pregnancies: The Birthplace in England national prospective cohort study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7840, 2012, Pages

  Brocklehurst, Peter ^a,b   Hardy, Pollyanna ^c   Hollowell, Jennifer ^c   Linsell, Louise ^c   Macfarlane, Alison ^d   McCourt, Christine ^d   Marlow, Neil ^b   Miller, Alison ^c   Newburn, Mary ^e   Petrou, Stavros ^c,f   Puddicombe, David ^c   Redshaw, Maggie ^c   Rowe, Rachel ^c   Sandall, Jane ^g   Silverton, Louise ^h   Stewart, Mary ^c,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NPEU ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL CHILDBIRTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^g KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h ROYAL COLLEGE OF MIDWIVES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; BRAIN DISEASE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INCIDENCE; INTRAPARTUM CARE; LABOR; MATERNAL CARE; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; MIDWIFE; MULTIPARA; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NULLIPARA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STILLBIRTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BIRTHING CENTERS; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY ROOMS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; PARTURITION; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84859003211     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d7400     Document Type: Article

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