Variations in rates of severe perineal tears and episiotomies in 20 European countries: a study based on routine national data in Euro-Peristat Project.

To access publisher's full text version of this article click on the hyperlink at the bottom of the page Rates of severe perineal tears and episiotomies are indicators of obstetrical quality of care, but their use for international comparisons is complicated by difficulties with accurate ascert...

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Published in:Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
Main Authors: Blondel, Béatrice, Alexander, Sophie, Bjarnadóttir, Ragnheiður I, Gissler, Mika, Langhoff-Roos, Jens, Novak-Antolič, Živa, Prunet, Caroline, Zhang, Wei-Hong, Hindori-Mohangoo, Ashna D, Zeitlin, Jennifer
Other Authors: 1INSERM UMR 1153, Obstetrical, Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology Research Team (Epopé), Center for Epidemiology and Statistics Sorbonne Paris Cité, DHU Risks in pregnancy, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France. 2Perinatal Epidemiology and Reproductive Health Unit, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Clinical Research Centre, School of Public Health, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium. 3Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland. 4THL National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland. 5Obstetrics Clinic, Rigshospitalet University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark. 6Medical Faculty, Ljubljana University, Ljubljana, Slovenia. 7Department of Child Health, TNO Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016
Subjects:
Rho
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2336/618680
https://doi.org/10.1111/aogs.12894