Perinatal mortality and morbidity up to 28 days after birth among 743 070 low-risk planned home and hospital births: A cohort study based on three merged national perinatal databases

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 720-728

  De Jonge, A ^a   Geerts, C C ^a   Van Der Goes, B Y ^b   Mol, B W ^c   Buitendijk, S E ^d   Nijhuis, J G ^e  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Homebirth; midwifery; perinatal mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOME DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABOR ONSET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARITY; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIVERY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITALIZATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

APGAR SCORE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MORBIDITY; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84925067899     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.13084     Document Type: Article

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