Apgar Scoring System in Brazil's Live Births Records: Differences between Home and Hospital Births

Outcomes of planned home births versus planned hospital births after regulation of midwifery in British Columbia.

BACKGROUND The choice to give birth at home with a regulated midwife in attendance became available to expectant women in British Columbia in 1998. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety of home birth by comparing perinatal outcomes for planned home births attended by regulated midwives with those for planned hospital births. METHODS We compared the outcomes of 862 planned home ...

Are home births safe?

Planned home and hospital births in South Australia, 1991-2006: differences in outcomes.

OBJECTIVE To examine differences in outcomes between planned home births, occurring at home or in hospital, and planned hospital births. DESIGN AND SETTING Population-based study using South Australian perinatal data on all births and perinatal deaths during the period 1991-2006. Analysis included logistic regression adjusted for predictor variables and standardised perinatal mortality ratios...

Transfer to hospital in planned home births: a systematic review

BACKGROUND There is concern about the safety of homebirths, especially in women transferred to hospital during or after labour. The scope of transfer in planned home births has not been assessed in a systematic review. This review aimed to describe the proportions and indications for transfer from home to hospital during or after labour in planned home births. METHODS The databases Pubmed, Em...

frequency of cleft lip and palate among live births in akbar abadi hospital

cleft lip and cleft palate are one of the most frequent congenital anomalies worldwide. this study was conducted in order to measure the frequency of cleft lip and palate among live births in akbar abadi hospital. this is a descriptive study, dealing with 57526 cases of live birth out of 59477 medical files in akbar abadi hospital from 2004 to 2008. all the collected data were recorded in speci...