INTRODUCTION: This study aims to explore maternal and perinatal outcomes of migrant women in Iceland. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This prospective population-based cohort study included women who gave birth to a singleton in Iceland between 1997 and 2018, ...

Background: Life-threatening obstetric complications usually lead to the need for referral and constitute the commonest direct causes of maternal deaths. Urgent management of referrals can potentially lower the maternal mortality rate. We explored the ...

INNGANGUR Svæfing fyrir bráðakeisaraskurð er sjaldgæft og alvarlegt inngrip í líf móður og barns sem reynt er að komast hjá en getur bjargað lífi þeirra. Erlendar konur eru í aukinni hættu á fylgikvillum og inngripum á meðgöngu. Markmið þessarar ...

BACKGROUND: Immigration is rapidly increasing in Iceland with 13.6% of the population holding foreign citizenship in 2020. Earlier findings identified inequities in childbirth care for some women in Iceland. To gain insight into the quality of intrapartum ...