Comparison of obstetric outcomes between on-call and patients' own obstetricians.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The question "will you be delivering my baby?" is one that pregnant women frequently ask their physicians. We sought to determine whether obstetric outcomes differed between women whose babies were delivered by their own obstetrician (regular-care obstetrician) and those attended by an on-call obstetrician who did not provide antenatal care.

Methods

We performed a cohort study of all live singleton term births between 1991 and 2001 at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montréal. We excluded breech deliveries, elective cesarean sections and deliveries with placenta previa or prolapse of the umbilical cord. Logistic regression analysis was used to compare obstetric outcomes (e.g., cesarean delivery, instrumental vaginal delivery and episiotomy) between the regular-care

SUBMITTER: Abenhaim HA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1942095 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature