Resultados maternos e neonatais da assistência em casa de parto no município do Rio de Janeiro

the purpose of this study was to describe the maternal and neonatal assistance results in the casa de parto david capistrano filho birthing center. an exploratory and descriptive research with a quantitative approach, which were analyzed 458 patients' files data of normal delivery and births in period from january 2008 to december 2009. the pregnants were young women, from 15 to 25 years old (66.6%), and nulliparous (55%). during labor, they remained with the companion (94.1%) and received care to relaxation and comfort. the episiotomy rate was 2.4%. there were no maternal and neonatal deaths. the cases of neonatal asphyxia accounted for 0.2% of live births. transfers rate to hospital corresponded to 2.8% of women postpartum and 8.5% among newborns. most results were similar to those described in brazilian and internationals researches about birth centers assistance.