Factors contributing to improved maternal care and fetal outcome in a medium-sized city-county hospital
| Autor: | Horace E. Thompson, Freeman H. Longwell, Albert D. Haverkamp, John G. McFee |
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| Rok vydání: | 1973 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Colorado Legislation Medical Adolescent Statistics as Topic Population Prenatal care Abortion Hospitals General Hospitals Special Pregnancy Infant Mortality Health care medicine Humans Maternal Health Services Abortion Therapeutic education Fetal Death Equipment and Supplies Hospital education.field_of_study business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Age Factors Infant Newborn Obstetrics and Gynecology Prenatal Care Therapeutic abortion Infant mortality Obstetrics Family planning Family Planning Services Emergency medicine Female business |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 116:229-235 |
| ISSN: | 0002-9378 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0002-9378(73)91056-9 |
| Popis: | During the past 5 years the perinatal mortality rate at Denver General Hospital has been reduced from 4.1 to 2.7 per cent. This decrease has been attributed to a number of factors: (1) Federal grant support has made possible the establishment of multiple obstetric clinics throughout the city where comprehensive health care can be obtained along with family planning services; (2) a new, modern hospital has been acquired; (3) there is an increased number of highly competent full-time staff; (4) new concepts of evaluation and management of the high-risk gravida and her infant have been implemented; and (5) a modified therapeutic abortion law is now in effect. These factors along with the effect of a changing obstetric population and the decreased incidence of low-birth-weight infants are discussed. Efforts to improve obstetric care further at this hospital are continuing and are enumerated. |
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