Temporal Trends in Late Preterm and Early Term Birth Rates in 6 High-Income Countries in North America and Europe and Association With Clinician-Initiated Obstetric Interventions
Author(s) -
Jennifer L. Richards,
Michael S. Kramer,
Paromita DebRinker,
Jocelyn Rouleau,
Laust Hvas Mortensen,
Mika Gissler,
NilsHalvdan Morken,
Rolv Skjærven,
Sven Cnattingius,
Stefan Johansson,
Marie Delnord,
Siobhan M. Dolan,
Naho Morisaki,
Suzanne Tough,
Jennifer Zeitlin,
Michael R. Kramer
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.2016.9635
Subject(s) - medicine , psychological intervention , obstetrics , premature birth , pregnancy , population , pediatrics , demography , gestational age , environmental health , psychiatry , sociology , biology , genetics
Clinicians have been urged to delay the use of obstetric interventions (eg, labor induction, cesarean delivery) until 39 weeks or later in the absence of maternal or fetal indications for intervention.
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