Perinatal outcomes of low-risk planned home and hospital births under midwife-led care in Japan

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1500-1504

  Hiraizumi, Yoshie ^a   Suzuki, Shunji ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Japanese Red Cross Katsushika Maternity Hospital ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

home births; Japan; midwife led care; perinatal outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HOME CARE; HOME DELIVERY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; JAPAN; LABOR PAIN; LACERATION; LOW RISK PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL FEVER; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

HOME BIRTHS; JAPAN; MIDWIFE-LED CARE; PERINATAL OUTCOMES;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDWIFERY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84900819031     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jog.12094     Document Type: Article

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