Induction of labor compared with expectant management for prelabor rupture of the membranes at term

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 334, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 1005-1010

  Hannah, Mary E ^a,b,c   Ohlsson, Arne ^b   Farine, Dan ^a   Hewson, Sheila A ^b   Hodnett, Ellen D ^b   Myhr, Terri L ^b   Wang, Elaine E L ^b   Weston, Julie A ^b   Willan, Andrew R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN INFECTION; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DINOPROSTONE; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; LABOR, INDUCED; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 0029863842     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199604183341601     Document Type: Article

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