Early postnatal hospital discharge: the consequences of reducing length of stay for women and newborns

Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP

Paulina Bravo²  Claudia Uribe¹  Aixa Contreras¹ 

[1] ,Cardiff University School of Medicine Department of Primary Care and Public HealthSantiago,Chile

关键词: Patient discharge;    Postpartum period;    Women;    Infant;    newborn;    Outcome assessment;    Alta do paciente;    Período pós-parto;    Mulheres;    Recém-nascido;    Avaliação de resultados;    Alta del paciente;    Periodo de posparto;    Mujeres;    Recién nacido;    Evaluación de resultado;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0080-62342011000300030

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The objective of this study is to examine the literature and identify most salient outcomes of early postnatal discharge for women, newborns and the health system. An electronic search strategy was designed including the following sources: Web of Science, Scopus, ProQuest and PubMed/MEDLINE, using the following terms: (early AND discharge) OR (length AND stay) AND (postpartum OR postnatal) AND (effect* OR result OR outcome). Content analysis was used to identify and summarise the findings and methods of the research papers. The evidence available is not enough to either reject or support the practice of early postnatal discharge; different studies have reported different outcomes for women and newborns. The need of systematic clinical research is discussed.

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