EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO OBSTETRIC CARE: PART II

  1. Iain Chalmers MRC Research Fellow 1,
  2. J. G. Lawson Consultant Obstetrician 2,
  3. A. C. Turnbull Professor Nuffield 3

Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1976.tb00777.x

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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Volume 83, Issue 12, pages 930–933, December 1976

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Chalmers, I., Lawson, J. G. and Turnbull, A. C. (1976), EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO OBSTETRIC CARE: PART II. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 83: 930–933. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1976.tb00777.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Medical Statistics, Welsh National School of Medicine, Cardiff

  2. 2

    University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff

  3. 3

    Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

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  1. Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
  2. Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005

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Summary

The obstetric management and outcome of normal patients presenting to two obstetric teams working in the Cardiff Maternity Hospital are compared over a five-year period. One team induced labour with amniotomy and oxytocin infusion three times more frequently than the other. No advantage or disadvantage of this practice was demonstrated using various measures of perinatal morbidity and mortality. The implications of these findings are discussed together with those of two previously reported observational studies. The need for experimental research in perinatal medicine is stressed.

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