(In)seguridad del parto en el domicilio: una revisión bibliográfica

Objective: To analyze the concept of home birth safety in the scientific literature. Methodology: Bibliographic review in five databases: PubMed, Scopus, WoS, CINAHL and Cochrane Library, with three Boolean combinations: «patient safety AND home childbirth»; «safety AND home childbirth»; «risk AND home childbirth». Results: From a total of 4.647 articles, 30 were selected that met the inclusion criteria, emerging three main categories: 1) risk of death; 2) childbirth scenario; 3) model agreed upon. Conclusions: The scientific literature that addresses the concept of home birth safety is mainly traversed by risk and mortality. Both are decisive when making the decision and decree an ideal place for the birth to take place. However, the scientific evidence determines the conditions to carry out the delivery at home under safety standards, these are: under obstetric risk, the accompaniment of an expert midwife and a health transfer system well integrated to the home.