| Deliveries in maternity homes in Norway: results from a 2-year prospective study. | |
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PMID: 12174157 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: The study aims to report the short-term outcome for the mothers and newborns for all pregnancies accepted for birth at maternity homes in Norway. METHODS: A 2-year prospective study of all mothers in labor in maternity homes, i.e. all births including women and newborns transferred to hospital intra partum or the first week post partum. RESULTS: The study included 1275 women who started labor in the maternity homes in Norway; 1% of all births in Norway during this period. Of those who started labor in a maternity home, 1217 (95.5%) also delivered there while 58 (4.5%) women were transferred to hospital during labor. In the post partum period there were 57 (4.7%) transferrals of mother and baby. Nine women had a vacuum extraction, one had a forceps and three had a vaginal breech (1.1% operative vaginal births in the maternity homes). Five babies (0.4%) had an Apgar score below 7 at 5 min. There were two (0.2%) neonatal deaths; both babies were born with a serious group B streptococcal infection. CONCLUSION: Midwives and general practitioners working in the districts can identify a low-risk population (estimated at 35%) of all pregnant women in the catchment areas who can deliver safely at the maternity homes in Norway. Only 4.5% of those who started labor in the maternity homes had to be transferred to hospital during labor. |
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Authors:
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Nina Schmidt; Birgit Abelsen; Pål Øian |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica Volume: 81 ISSN: 0001-6349 ISO Abbreviation: Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand Publication Date: 2002 Aug |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2002-08-13 Completed Date: 2002-09-26 Revised Date: 2005-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0370343 Medline TA: Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand Country: Denmark |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 731-7 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Alta Maternity home, Norway. |
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Birthing Centers
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utilization* Catchment Area (Health) Delivery, Obstetric / statistics & numerical data* Female Hospitals, Maternity / utilization* Humans Infant, Newborn Maternal-Child Health Centers / utilization* Midwifery Norway / epidemiology Obstetric Labor Complications / epidemiology* Obstetrics Patient Transfer / statistics & numerical data* Pregnancy Pregnancy Outcome Prospective Studies Rural Health Services |
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