Obstetric and Neonatal Outcomes Following Hospital Transfers of Home Births and Births in Midwife-led Units in Austria

CONCLUSION: If a birth which was planned as a home delivery or as a delivery in a midwife-led unit fails to progress because of (possible) anomalies, the midwife must respond and transfer the mother to hospital. This leads to a higher percentage of clinical interventions occurring in hospital. From the perspective of clinical obstetrics, it is understandable, based on the existing data, that giving birth outside a clinical setting cannot be recommended.PMID:38456000 | PMC:PMC10917609 | DOI:10.1055/a-2249-7228
Source: Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde - Category: OBGYN Authors: Source Type: research