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2001 APR 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study conducted by researchers in Canada found only one difference between women experiencing pre-term labor who are cared for at home and those who are hospitalized until delivery: the women at home tended to return home sooner following birth of their child in hospital.
Whether women should be admitted to hospital as the result of an episode of acute premature labor or sent home with medication and instruction to limit physical activity has been the cause of much debate, particularly in this era of rationed health care services. In current practice in Canada, women admitted for control of preterm labor tend to stay in hospital.
Celine Goulet and colleagues conducted a randomized clinical trial that found no significant differences between women who returned home and those who stayed in the hospital until delivery.
Based on samples of 125 women in each group the authors report that there were no differences in ...