UK maternity services: audit finds wide variation in birth complications
| Autor: | Susan Mayor |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry General Medicine Audit 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Perineal tearing 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Variation (linguistics) Neonatal outcomes Birth Complication Family medicine Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Clinical care business |
| Zdroj: | BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 366 |
| ISSN: | 1756-1833 |
| Popis: | Birth complication rates and neonatal outcomes vary widely among maternity services around the UK, show clinical findings from the National Maternity and Perinatal Audit.1 Lesley Regan, president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, said, “National initiatives to improve maternal and neonatal care are making impressive headway to ensure services are as safe and personalised as possible for women. But this report highlights [that] marked variation in standards of care persist, particularly around birth complications, such as severe perineal tearing and obstetric haemorrhage.” The audit analysed the clinical care and outcomes of … |
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