OB:Home Births in Australia
From: John Robertson M.D. (john.robertson@obgyn.net)
Wed Aug 26 17:12:37 1998
Was wondering how many of you have read the recent (8 Aug. 1998)
Article in the BMJ titled "Perinatal death associated with planned home
birth in Australia: population based study". The conclusions state:
Australian home births carried a high death rate compared with both all
Australian births and home births elsewhere. The two largest
contributors to the excess mortality were underestimation of the risks
associated with post-term birth, twin pregnancy and breech presentation,
and a lack of response to fetal distress.
Would be interested in peoples comments about the paper, especially our
Australian contributors. I am also interested in the fact that the BMJ
used "fetal" I thought they would have used "foetal".
John
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