Perinatal and health care management consequences of twice-a-day versus once-a-day evaluation of home uterine activity monitoring data.
There was a significant increase in the number of physician interventions (additional testing of mother or baby; extra office, emergency, or labor and delivery unit visits; and especially extra hospitalizations) but no significant difference in perinatal outcome (illness in mother or baby) when women at high-risk for preterm labor on home uterine activity monitoring services had scheduled twice-a-day review (BID review) of the home uterine activity monitoring data they had collected versus once-a-day review (OD review).
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University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Nursing, USA.
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Stanziano
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D000328:Adult; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000191:economics; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics*; D008910:Minnesota; D007752:Obstetric Labor, Premature / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000191:economics; D011247:Pregnancy; D018566:Pregnancy, High-Risk; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018590:Uterine Monitoring / Q000191:economics*; D014922:Wisconsin