Rates of obstetric intervention during birth and selected maternal and perinatal outcomes for low risk women born in Australia compared to those born overseas

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Dahlen, Hannah G ^a   Schmied, Virginia ^a   Dennis, Cindy Lee ^b   Thornton, Charlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caesarean; Immigrant; Indian; Induction; Lebanese; Migrant; Multicultural; Obstetric care; Vaginal birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH; CESAREAN SECTION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL OUTCOME; MIGRATION; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT SELECTION; PERINATAL OUTCOME; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIMIPARA; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STILLBIRTH; TREND STUDY; VIET NAM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; DELIVERY; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; ETHNOLOGY; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; LABOR INDUCTION; MIGRANT; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; PARITY; PHILIPPINES; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHINA; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ENGLAND; EPISIOTOMY; EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, INDUCED; LEBANON; NEW ZEALAND; PARITY; PHILIPPINES; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; SMOKING; STILLBIRTH; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876793018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-100     Document Type: Article

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