Are obstetric interventions such as cervical ripening, induction of labor, amnioinfusion, or amniotomy associated with umbilical cord prolapse?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 176, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1181-1185

  Roberts, W E ^a   Martin, R W ^a   Roach, H H ^a   Perry K G , Jr ^a   Martin J N , Jr ^a   Morrison, J C ^a   Broekhuizen, F F ^a   Perkins, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amnioinfusion; Amniotomy; Cervical ripening; Induction of labor; Umbilical cord prolapse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOINFUSION; AMNIOTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; LABOR INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UMBILICAL CORD; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

EID: 0030791294     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(97)70332-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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