Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica
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Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand · Mar 2013
Insufficient pain relief in vacuum extraction deliveries: a population-based study.
To investigate the pain relief used in association with vacuum extraction assisted deliveries and to identify risk factors for not receiving pain relief during the procedure. ⋯ A considerable number of women are delivered by vacuum extraction without pain relief. The high proportion might reflect that clinical staff do not always consider pain relief to be of high priority in vacuum extraction deliveries or that they fear impaired pushing forces.
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Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand · Mar 2013
Classification of stillbirths and risk factors by cause of death--a case-control study.
To investigate risk factors for stillbirths by cause, using the Causes of Death and Associated Conditions (CODAC) classification system for perinatal deaths. ⋯ Two-thirds of all stillbirths (68%) were caused by or associated with placental pathology. Risk factors differed somewhat according to cause, apart from smoking and small-for-gestational age, which were significant risk factors across the causal groups.