Group versus traditional prenatal care in low-risk women delivering at term: a retrospective cohort study.
Ebony B CarterK BarbierR SarabiaG A MaconesA G CahillM G TuuliPublished in: Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association (2017)
Low-risk women participating in GC and delivering at term had a lower risk of low birth weight and other adverse perinatal outcomes compared with women in TC. This suggests GC is a promising alternative to individual prenatal care to improve perinatal outcomes in addition to preterm birth.
Keyphrases
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- low birth weight
- preterm infants
- gestational age
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- polycystic ovary syndrome
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- skeletal muscle
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