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Publication Date:
July 2009
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1619-3997
DOI:
10.1515/JPM.2009.102

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Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Official Journal of the World Association of Perinatal Medicine

Editor-in-Chief: Dudenhausen, Joachim W.

Editorial Board Member: / Bancalari, Eduardo / Greenough, Anne / Genc, Mehmet R. / Chervenak, Frank A. / Aslam, Muhammad / Bergmann, Renate L. / Bernardes, J.F. / Bevilacqua, G. / Blickstein, Isaac / Brezinka, Christoph / Cabero Roura, Luis / Carbonell-Estrany, Xavier / Carrera, Jose M. / D`Addario, Vincenzo / Dimitrou, G. / Foulon, Walter / Grunebaum, G. E. / Harding, Jane / Hentschel, Roland / Kawabata, Ichiro / Keirse, M.J.M.C. / Kurjak M.D., Asim / Levene, Malcolm / Lockwood, Charles J. / Marsal, Karel / Nishida, Hiroshi / Papp, Zoltán / Makatsariya, Alexander / Pejaver, Ranjan Kumar / Pooh, Ritsuko K. / Saugstad, Ola D. / Schenker, Joseph G. / Sen, Cihat / Geijn, Herman P. / Vetter, Klaus / Young, Bruce K. / Zimmermann, Roland / Köpcke, W.

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Obstetric outcomes of low-risk labors at ‘Japanese tatami’ mat delivery room: a preliminary study

Shunji Suzuki1

1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Japanese Red Cross Katsushika Maternity Hospital, 5-11-12 Tateishi, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo 124-0012, Japan

Corresponding author: Shunji Suzuki, MD Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Japanese Red Cross Katsushika Maternity Hospital 5-11-12 Tateishi Katsushika-ku Tokyo 124-0012 Japan Tel.: +81 3 3693 5211 Fax: +81 3 3694 8725

Citation Information: Journal of Perinatal Medicine. Volume 37, Issue 6, Pages 709–711, ISSN (Online) 1619-3997, ISSN (Print) 0300-5577, DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2009.102, July 2009

Publication History:
Received:
2009-03-31
Accepted:
2009-05-26
Published Online:
2009-07-10

Abstract

Objective: We examined the obstetric outcomes of low-risk labors at the ‘Japanese tatami’ mat compared with Western-style delivery room.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was performed on 201 deliveries at the ‘Japanese tatami’ delivery room and 360 deliveries at the standard Western-style delivery room.

Results: There were no measurable differences in the duration of labor, the incidence of perineal laceration, total maternal blood loss and the incidence of low Apgar score and umbilical artery pH between the two groups.

Conclusions: We found no evidence that the Japanese room is unsafe for low-risk infants and mothers in comparison with the standard Western-style delivery room.

Keywords: Birthing position; ‘Japanese tatami’ mat delivery room; low-risk labor

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