[Maternal and perinatal outcomes of an alongside hospital birth center in the city of São Paulo, Brazil].
The aim of this study was to describe the maternal and perinatal results of care in the alongside hospital birth center Casa de Maria (CPN-CM), located in the city of São Paulo. The random sample included 991 women and their newborns, attended between 2003 and 2006. The results showed that 92.2% of women had a companion of her choice during childbirth and the practices commonly used were shower or immersion bath (92.9%), amniotomy (62.6%), walking (47.6%), massage comfort (29.8%) and episiotomy (25.7%). Regarding newborns, 99.9% of them had Apgar scores =7 in the fifth minute, 9.3% received aspiration of the upper airway, no one needed to be intubated and 1.4% were removed to the hospital. The model of care in the CPN-CM provides maternal and perinatal outcomes expected for low obstetric risk women, and means a safe option and less interventionist model in normal childbirth.
Lobo
Sheila Fagundes
SF
Universidade Braz Cubas, Mogi das Cruzes, SP, Brasil. sheilafagundeslobo@ig.com.br
de Oliveira
Sonia Maria Junqueira Vasconcellos
SM
Schneck
Camilla Alexsandra
CA
da Silva
Flora Maria Barbosa
FM
Bonadio
Isabel Cristina
IC
Riesco
Maria Luiza Gonzalez
ML
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016550:Birthing Centers; D001938:Brazil; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009773:Obstetric Nursing; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014504:Urban Health; D055815:Young Adult