Sentences with phrase «among planned home births»

When we restricted the home - birth group to women who actually gave birth at home, the rates of adverse maternal and newborn outcomes did not differ significantly from those among all planned home births.

Previous research from the UK and Canada has identified a lower risk of PPH among planned home births than among planned hospital births [4, 11], but the UK study did not attempt to control for confounding variables.

Future research should also attempt to establish whether or not these results also apply to more life - threatening categories of PPH (e.g. > 1,500 ml of blood lost), and whether the lower incidence of PPH among planned home births translates to fewer cases of PPH - related severe morbidity.

Among parous women the rates of Apgar scores below seven and NICU admissions were significantly lower among planned home births (NICU admissions up to 28 days, 1.36 versus 1.95 %, aOR 0.79, 95 % CI: 0.66 to 0.93).

International comparison of perinatal mortality (stillbirth and first week deaths according to WHO definitions) among planned home births starting labour at home

The most recent large scale study comparing outcomes for mother and baby reported in the British Medical Journal last month showed that for women who had previously given birth, adverse outcomes were less common among planned home births (1 per 1,000) than among planned hospital births (2.3 per 1,000).

Therefore, the personnel, training, and equipment available for neonatal resuscitation represent other possible contributors to the excessive neonatal mortality rate among planned home births» (Wax et al, 2010, p 243.

Not exact matches

0/1000 Sweden 1992 - 2004 (25): «There were no emergency cases among 790 planned home birth group.

What the authors should have told us was that there were two neonatal deaths (0.11 %) among women planning a home birth and four (0.03 %) from women planning to give birth in the hospital.

In the latest paper discussed in that post, Severe adverse maternal outcomes among low risk women with planned home versus hospital births in the Netherlands: nationwide cohort study, de Jonge concluded:

Quote from the midwife site:» There was no evidence that planned home birth among low risk women leads to an increased risk of severe adverse maternal outcomes in a maternity care system with well trained midwives and a good referral and transportation system.»

Supported by funding from the Canadian Institute for Health Research, Professor Vedam conducted a national, mix - methods study on factors leading to divergent attitudes among maternity care providers» regarding planned home birth.

Study results provide evidence that mortality outcomes in planned home birth are not significantly different compared to planned hospital birth, among 693,592 women with singleton births in the Netherlands.

Her latest effort is Severe adverse maternal outcomes among low risk women with planned home versus hospital births in the Netherlands: nationwide cohort study.

If so, this self selection may have resulted in better outcomes among women with planned home birth.

There was no evidence that planned home birth among low risk women leads to an increased risk of severe adverse maternal outcomes in a maternity care system with well trained midwives and a good referral and transportation system.

The study reviewed the births of nearly 17,000 women and found that, among low - risk women, planned home births result in low rates of birth interventions without an increase in adverse outcomes for mothers and newborns.

de Jonge A, Mesman JA, Manniën J, Zwart JJ, van Dillen J, van Roosmalen J. Severe adverse maternal outcomes among low risk women with planned home versus hospital births in the Netherlands: nationwide cohort study.

But a comparison of «low - risk» women who planned to give birth at home with those who planned to give birth in hospital with a midwife found no difference in death or serious illness among either baby or mother.

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.

Women and their partners should be advised that the risk of PPH is higher among births planned to take place in hospital compared to births planned to take place at home, but that further research is needed to understand (a) whether the same pattern applies to the more life - threatening categories of PPH, and (b) why hospital birth is associated with increased odds of PPH.

These findings follow earlier research by Janssen that demonstrated that planned home births resulted in fewer interventions and similar rates of adverse newborn outcomes compared to planned hospital births among women who met the criteria for home births.

A new study tracking the safety of home birth in the United States has taken a major step in that direction, its authors believe, finding that outcomes among women who had planned, midwife - led home births were «excellent,» and that the women experienced relatively low rates of intervention.

The relative safety of planned home births is a topic of continuous debate, but studies have so far been too small to compare severe maternal complications between planned home and planned hospital birth among low risk women.

The aim of this study is to compare the odds of postpartum haemorrhage among women who opt for home birth against the odds of postpartum haemorrhage for those who plan a hospital birth.

In today's peer - reviewed Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health (JMWH), a landmark study confirms that among low - risk women, planned home births result in low rates of interventions without an increase in adverse outcomes for mothers and babies.

«among low - risk women, planned home births result in low rates of interventions without an increase in adverse outcomes for mothers and babies.»

But the overall risks to the baby remained small regardless of the birth plan — there were about two deaths per 1,000 births among planned hospital births, vs. four deaths per 1,000 births planned at home or in birthing centers.

Here is what I am referring to in the study: «The intrapartum fetal death rate among women planning a home birth in our sample was 1.3 per 1000 (95 % CI, 0.75 - 1.84).

Among births at home from 2004 - 2005 (planned plus unplanned) there was an increase from 0.56 % to 0.59 %; there was no increase from 2005 - 2006.

The risk of all adverse maternal outcomes assessed was significantly lower among the women who planned a home birth than among those who planned a physician - attended hospital birth (Table 3).

23 Therefore, the higher rate of admission (or readmission if a hospital birth) among newborns in the planned home - birth group than of readmission in the planned hospital - birth group may have been linked to the need for treatment of hyper - bilirubinemia, which, among babies born in hospital, may require a longer stay in hospital rather than readmission.

The following study was the largest home birth study done in the U.S. Among 16,924 women who planned home births at onset of labor 89 % gave birth at home, 11 % transferred to the hospital, 5.2 % had a c - section.

Results: The rate of perinatal death per 1000 births was 0.35 (95 % confidence interval [CI] 0.00 — 1.03) in the group of planned home births; the rate in the group of planned hospital births was 0.57 (95 % CI 0.00 — 1.43) among women attended by a midwife and 0.64 (95 % CI 0.00 — 1.56) among those attended by a physician.

The rate of perinatal death per 1000 births was 0.35 (95 % confidence interval [CI] 0.00 - 1.03) in the group of planned home births; the rate in the group of planned hospital births was 0.57 (95 % CI 0.00 - 1.43) among women attended by a midwife and 0.64 (95 % CI 0.00 - 1.56) among those attended by a physician.

RESULTS: The rate of perinatal death per 1000 births was 0.35 (95 % confidence interval [CI] 0.00 - 1.03) in the group of planned home births; the rate in the group of planned hospital births was 0.57 (95 % CI 0.00 - 1.43) among women attended by a midwife and 0.64 (95 % CI 0.00 - 1.56) among those attended by a physician.

The intrapartum and neonatal mortality among women considered at low risk at start of labour, excluding deaths concerning life threatening congenital anomalies, was 1.7 deaths per 1000 planned home births, similar to risks in other studies of low risk home and hospital births in North America.

«A Dutch study of more than 500,000 women reported that planning a home birth does not increase the risks of perinatal mortality and severe perinatal morbidity among low risk women provided they were supported by well trained midwives and a good transportation and referral system» (quote article 24).

Including these women among hospital births would bias the results of planned hospital births negatively and home births positively.

Percentage non-optimal characteristics in the perinatal background index among planned home and planned hospital births in primiparous and multiparous women

Several studies [13 — 19] have found reduced obstetric interventions and optimal outcomes among healthy women who planned to give birth at home or a birth centre under the care of midwives.