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Birth before arrival — is there anything to be afraid of?
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Affiliations- Department of Emergency Medical Service, Medical University of Wroclaw, Poland
- 2nd Department and Clinic of Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Neonatology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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Abstract
Over the past centuries maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality has fallen dramatically. This is mainly due to the fact that we achieved a lot in the field of medicine in a very short amount of time. Evidence, mostly from Europe but also from US, suggested that home birth can be relatively safe provided the appropriate conditions are met. The question is “What if something goes wrong?” How to increase patient safety in the case of birth before arrival (BBA) or it may not be associated with any increased risk? Our study review nowadays available articles and describes rates, obstetrical characteristics and perinatal and maternal outcome of unplanned out-of-hospital deliveries.
Abstract
Over the past centuries maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality has fallen dramatically. This is mainly due to the fact that we achieved a lot in the field of medicine in a very short amount of time. Evidence, mostly from Europe but also from US, suggested that home birth can be relatively safe provided the appropriate conditions are met. The question is “What if something goes wrong?” How to increase patient safety in the case of birth before arrival (BBA) or it may not be associated with any increased risk? Our study review nowadays available articles and describes rates, obstetrical characteristics and perinatal and maternal outcome of unplanned out-of-hospital deliveries.
Keywords
pregnancy; BBA; OOH; paramedics
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Birth before arrival — is there anything to be afraid of?
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761-764
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2022-06-10
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Ginekol Pol 2022;93(9):761-764.
Keywords
pregnancy
BBA
OOH
paramedics
Authors
Mateusz Strozik
Jacek Smereka
Michal Pomorski
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