Care in a birth center according to the recommendations of the World Health Organization


Autoria(s): Silva,Flora Maria Barbosa da; Paixao,Tais Couto Rego da; Oliveira,Sonia Maria Junqueira Vasconcellos de; Leite,Jaqueline Sousa; Riesco,Maria Luiza Gonzalez; Osava,Ruth Hitomi
Data(s)

01/10/2013

Resumo

Birth centers are maternal care models that use appropriate technology when providing care to birthing women. This descriptive study aimed to characterize intrapartum care in a freestanding birth center, in light of the practices recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), with 1,079 assisted births from 2006 to 2009 in the Sapopemba Birth Center, São Paulo, Brazil. Results included the use of intermittent auscultation (mean=7 controls); maternal positions during delivery: semi-sitting (82.3%), side-lying (16.0%), other positions (1.7%), oral intake (95.6%); companionship (93.3%); exposure to up to three vaginal examinations (85.4%), shower bathing (84.0%), walking (68.0%), massage (60.1%), exercising with a Swiss ball (51.7%); amniotomy (53.4%), oxytocin use during the first (31.0%) and second stages of labor (25.8%), bath immersion (29.3%) and episiotomy (14.1%). In this birth center, care providers used practices recommended by the WHO, although some practices might have been applied less frequently.

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http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0080-62342013000501031

Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Enfermagem

Fonte

Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP v.47 n.5 2013

Palavras-Chave #Parturition #Natural childbirth #Obstetrical nursing #Birthing Centers
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journal article