Sentences with phrase «unattended birth»
The phrase "unattended birth" refers to a situation where a baby is born without the presence or assistance of medical professionals, such as doctors or midwives. Full definition
As with unplanned home births, an argument could be made for including unattended births in the analysis, as giving birth unattended is a risk of planning a home birth, so, as a further sensitivity analysis, the model was re-run with these observations included (see «results» section).
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Second, one can not take the statistics about unattended birth as gospel.
Similarly, the analysis was repeated to include unattended births, and again this made virtually no difference to the results (the odds ratio for intended place of birth was 2.5, 95 % CI 1.6 to 3.7).
Unattended birth and total lack of prenatal care, on the other hand, quite dramatically increase the risk that your baby will die.
Unattended births in studies always includes ALL unattended births, including roadside deliveries, precipitous births, dumpster babies, etc etc..
We can therefore be confident that the results are not sensitive to the inclusion or exclusion of unplanned home births or unattended births.