Early postnatal discharge from hospital for healthy mothers and term infants

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2021, Issue 6, 2021, Pages

  Jones, Eleanor ^a   Stewart, Fiona ^b   Taylor, Beck ^a   Davis, Peter G ^c   Brown, Stephanie J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDBIRTH; CONSULTATION; DEHYDRATION; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION; JAUNDICE; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MORTALITY RISK; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL PERIOD; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; FEMALE; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; POSTNATAL DEPRESSION; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; STATISTICAL BIAS; TERM BIRTH; TIME FACTOR;

BIAS; BREAST FEEDING; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; TERM BIRTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84906770201     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002958.pub2     Document Type: Review

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