Birth event—birth presentation

Object Class attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Object class:	Birth event
Definition:	The sequence of actions by which a baby and the afterbirth (placenta) are expelled or extracted from the uterus at childbirth. The process usually starts spontaneously about 280 days after conception with onset of labour, but it may be started by artificial means.
Specialisation of:	Life event
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Origin:	University of Oxford 2002. Concise Colour Medical Dictionary 3rd ed. UK: Oxford University Press

Property attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Property:	Birth presentation
Definition:	Presenting part of the fetus (at lower segment of uterus).
Property group:	Birth event
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Data element concept attributes

Related metadata references:	Has been superseded by Birth event—birth presentation         Health, Superseded 02/08/2017
Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept:	Birth event—birth presentation, code N         Health, Superseded 06/09/2006