Perinatal mortality and severe morbidity in low and high risk term pregnancies in the Netherlands : Prospective cohort study

Objective: To compare incidences of perinatal mortality and severe perinatal morbidity between low risk term pregnancies supervised in primary care by a midwife and high risk pregnancies supervised in secondary care by an obstetrician. Design: Prospective cohort study using aggregated data from a national perinatal register. Setting: Catchment area of the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of the University Medical Center in Utrecht, a region in the centre of the Netherlands covering 13% of the Dutch population. Participants: Pregnant women at 37 weeks' gestation or later with a singleton or... Mehr ...