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dc.contributor.authorHuitfeldt, Anetteen_US
dc.contributor.authorVoldner, Nannaen_US
dc.contributor.authorBlix, Ellenen_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-21T13:15:03Z
dc.date.available2016-03-21T13:15:03Z
dc.date.issued2015-08-28en_US
dc.identifier.citationHuitfeldt, A. S., Voldner, N., & Blix, E. (2015). Outcomes of care at ‘Føderiket Midwifery Unit’2007–2011, a freestanding midwifery-led unit in Oslo, Norway: A prospective cohort study. Nordic Journal of Nursing Research, 36(1), 38-43.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2057-1585en_US
dc.identifier.otherFRIDAID 1292652en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10642/3155
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this study was to provide a description and evaluation of birth outcomes for women who started care at Føderiket Midwifery Unit (FMU), a freestanding midwifery unit in Oslo. FMU opened in 2007 as a five-year project. It was closed in 2011 for economic reasons, and the planned evaluations were never performed. Data from 495 women who started care at FMU were prospectively collected. Socio-demographic characteristics, transfers to hospital, maternal and neonatal outcomes were described. The findings showed that 115 (23%) of the women were primiparous and 380 (77%) multiparous. A total of 408 women (82%) had no complications and no need for additional medical treatment during labour and birth. There were 73 (15%) transfers before birth, and 14 (3%) after birth. Nine women (2%) were delivered by caesarean section and 19 (4%) by vacuum extraction. Thirty women (6%) had postpartum haemorrhage >500 ml and five (1%) received blood transfusions. Five babies (1%) were transferred to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, all were discharged to their homes within a week. There were no cases of deaths, or serious morbidity. Our conclusions are that the results after four years management were comparable to other freestanding midwifery-led units in Western countries.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSageen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNordic Journal of Nursing Research;36(1)en_US
dc.subjectfreestanding midwifery uniten_US
dc.subjectintra-partum careen_US
dc.subjectmidwifery careen_US
dc.subjectplace of birthen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Sykepleievitenskap: 808en_US
dc.titleOutcomes of care at "Føderiket Midwifery Unit" 2007-2011, a freestanding midwifery-led unit in Oslo. Norway: A prospective cohort studyen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0107408315602641


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