Can the rate of cesarean section be reduced?

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1054-1058

  Mesleh, Ratib A ^a   Kurdi, Ahmad M ^a   Ayoub, Hisham S ^a  

^a Prince Sultan Military Medical City   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Breach; Cesarean section; Forceps; Perinatal deaths; Ventouse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CESAREAN SECTION, REPEAT; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0004444934     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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