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dc.contributor.authorVoldner, Nanna
dc.contributor.authorHuitfeldt, Anette
dc.contributor.authorBlix, Ellen
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-22T09:01:41Z
dc.date.available2018-05-22T09:01:41Z
dc.date.issued2015-08-28
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.descriptionAccepted manuscript version. Published version available in <a href=http://doi.org/10.1177/0107408315602641> Nordic journal of nursing research, 2015, 36(1), 38-43. </a>en_US
dc.identifier.citationVoldner, N., Huitfeldt, A. & Blix, E. (2015). Outcomes of care at "Føderiket- Midwifery-Unit" 2007-2011: a freestanding midwifery-led-unit in Oslo, Norway. Nordic journal of nursing research, 36(1), 38-43. http://doi.org/10.1177/0107408315602641en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1509787
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/0107408315602641
dc.identifier.issn2057-1585
dc.identifier.issn2057-1593
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/12734
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSageen_US
dc.relation.journalNordic journal of nursing research
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750::Gynekologi og obstetrikk: 756en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Clinical medical disciplines: 750::Gynecology and obstetrics: 756en_US
dc.titleOutcomes of care at "Føderiket- Midwifery-Unit" 2007-2011: a freestanding midwifery-led-unit in Oslo, Norwayen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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