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A DROP in stillbirth rates in the UK has given experts hope that a reduction in stillbirths can occur in Australia and New Zealand.
Stillbirth rates in the UK have dropped for the first time since 2000 – from 5.7 per 1000 births in 2002-2004, to 5.2 per 1000 births in 2007.
However, a lack of improvement in Australia’s stillbirth rates in 20 years “is of grave concern”, International Stillbirth Alliance (ISA) chair Vicki Flenady said in a statement on Saturday.
… In one third of those deaths, stillbirths occur unexpectedly in what is an otherwise healthy mother and baby and no cause of death is determined.
Melissa Maimann, Essential Birth Consulting 0400 418 448
Tags: Complicated pregnancy or birth
Posted by Melissa Maimann on Jun 28, 2009 in
Birth,
Obstetrics For further information, contact Melissa Maimann at Essential Birth Consulting.
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The modification of the oxytocin infusion protocol at a large university-affiliated community hospital nearly halved the number of emergency cesarean deliveries over a 3-year period …
As oxytocin utilization declined from 93.3% to 78.9%, emergency cesarean deliveries decreased from 10.9% to 5.7% …
Other birth outcomes improved as well … significant declines in emergency vacuum and forceps deliveries and a sharp reduction in neonatal ICU team mobilization for signs of fetal distress …
“More and more data are showing us that we are using too much oxytocin too often,” …
… The most profound changes were in emergency deliveries, including caesarean deliveries, vacuum deliveries … and forceps deliveries …
Did I read that right? 93% women had oxytocin, and this was reduced to 79%? That’s extremely high! WHO says the combined induction and augmentation rate should not exceed about 10%. How is it that 93% women “needed” oxytocin? How would these women have felt if they knew that 86% of them did not actually “need” that oxytocin infusion?
Melissa Maimann, Essential Birth Consulting 0400 418 448
Tags: Caesarean, Complicated pregnancy or birth, hospital birth, intervention, Obstetrics, Public and private hospitals