Prolonged labor in nulliparas: Lessons from the active management of labor

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 211-215

  Malone, Fergal D ^a,b,c   Geary, Michael ^a,b   Chelmow, David ^a,b   Stronge, John ^a,b   Boylan, Peter ^a,b   D'Alton, Mary E ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; AMNIOTOMY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTOCIA; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FETUS MEMBRANE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

EID: 0030222012     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-7844(96)00185-8     Document Type: Article

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