Is the operative delivery rate in low-risk women dependent on the level of birth care? A randomised controlled trial.

Abstract

The level of birth care does not significantly affect the rate of operative deliveries in low-risk women without any expressed preference for level of birth care.

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Subjects

• Acupuncture Analgesia
• Adult
• Anal Canal
• Analgesia, Epidural
• Apgar Score
• Cesarean Section
• Female
• Humans
• Midwifery
• Norway
• Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital
• Patient Transfer
• Postpartum Hemorrhage
• Pregnancy
• Risk Factors
• Vacuum Extraction, Obstetrical
• Young Adult

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Authors

• S Bernitz
• R Rolland
• E Blix
• M Jacobsen
• K Sjøborg
• P Øian

Publication date

2011-09-12

Journal

Journal topics

• Obstetrics
• Pregnancy Complications

Language

Eng.

Copyright

BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Østfold Hospital Trust, Fredrikstad, Norway. stiber [at] so-hf.no

Release reference

BJOG. 2011 Oct;118(11):1357-64

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