Birth “Out-of-Hours”: An Evaluation of Obstetric Practice and Outcome According to the Presence of Senior Obstetricians on the Labour Ward

BACKGROUND: Concerns have been raised that a lack of senior obstetricians (“consultants”) on the labour ward outside normal hours may lead to worse outcomes among babies born during periods of reduced cover. METHODS AND FINDINGS: We carried out a multicentre cohort study using data from 19 obstetric...

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Autores principales: Knight, Hannah E., van der Meulen, Jan H., Gurol-Urganci, Ipek, Smith, Gordon C., Kiran, Amit, Thornton, Steve, Richmond, David, Cameron, Alan, Cromwell, David A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4836717/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27093698
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002000

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