Does skin-to-skin contact and breast feeding at birth affect the rate of primary postpartum haemorrhage: Results of a cohort study

Midwifery

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1110-1117

  Saxton, A ^a   Fahy, K ^b   Rolfe, M ^c   Skinner, V ^d   Hastie, C ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Northern NSW Local Health District   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Cohort study; Oxytocin; Postpartum haemorrhage; Skin to skin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

BIRTH; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; NEW SOUTH WALES; OXYTOCIN; PARTURITION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84945466870     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2015.07.008     Document Type: Article

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