title: The perinatal database: content and collection.
abstract: Recent advances in computer technology provide improved means for the collection of information for the perinatal database. They depend principally upon online entry via a computer terminal which allows immediate checking of the data input. The availability of such effective procedures for information gathering demands a careful review of the purposes, content, and structure of a computerized perinatal questionnaire.
mesh_terms: D003201:Computers; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D007256:Information Systems; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011379:Prognosis; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000209:etiology*