A retrospective comparison of water birth and conventional vaginal birth among women deemed to be low risk in a secondary level hospital in Australia

Women and Birth

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 114-118

  Menakaya, Uche ^a   Albayati, Shakeeba ^b   Vella, Elizabeth ^a   Fenwick, Jennifer ^c,d   Angstetra, Donald ^d,e  

^a BANKSTOWN LIDCOMBE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Fairfield Hospital Prairiewood   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d GOLD COAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Land birth; Low risk pregnancy; Perineal trauma; Water birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABOR STAGE 1; LABOR STAGE 2; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPARA; PERINEUM INJURY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WATER BIRTH;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL AUDIT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARTURITION; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877122358     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: 18781799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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