Biomaterial Database

Patients transferred in labour from general-practitioner maternity units. 1977

D K James

Two hundred and one patients transferred in labour from general-practitioner maternity units to the consultant unit in West Berkshire are analyzed. Ways in which such transfers at a critical stage in pregnancy may be reduced are discussed.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007743	Labor, Obstetric	The repetitive uterine contraction during childbirth which is associated with the progressive dilation of the uterine cervix (CERVIX UTERI). Successful labor results in the expulsion of the FETUS and PLACENTA. Obstetric labor can be spontaneous or induced (LABOR, INDUCED).	Obstetric Labor
D009775	Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital	Hospital department responsible for the administration and management of services provided for obstetric and gynecologic patients.	Hospital Obstetrics and Gynecology Department,Obstetrics Department,Obstetrics Department Hospital,Obstetrics, Gynecology Department, Hospital,Department, Obstetrics,Departments, Obstetrics,Obstetrics Departments
D011247	Pregnancy	The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH.	Gestation,Pregnancies
D011248	Pregnancy Complications	Conditions or pathological processes associated with pregnancy. They can occur during or after pregnancy, and range from minor discomforts to serious diseases that require medical interventions. They include diseases in pregnant females, and pregnancies in females with diseases.	Adverse Birth Outcomes,Complications, Pregnancy,Adverse Birth Outcome,Birth Outcome, Adverse,Complication, Pregnancy,Outcome, Adverse Birth,Pregnancy Complication
D004739	England	A part of Great Britain within the United Kingdom.
D005194	Family Practice	A medical specialty concerned with the provision of continuing, comprehensive primary health care for the entire family.	Family Practices,Practice, Family,Practices, Family
D005260	Female		Females
D006771	Hospitals, Maternity	Special hospitals which provide care to women during pregnancy and parturition.	Maternity Hospitals,Hospital, Maternity,Maternity Hospital
D006782	Hospitals, Special	Hospitals which provide care for a single category of illness with facilities and staff directed toward a specific service.	Special Hospital,Hospital, Special,Special Hospitals
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man