Introducing external cephalic version at 36 weeks or more in a district general hospital: A review and an audit

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1073-1079

  Healey, Martin ^a   Porter, Richard ^a   Galimberti, Andrea ^a  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RITODRINE;

ARTICLE; BREECH EXTRACTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BREECH PRESENTATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERSION, FETAL;

EID: 0030817538     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb12070.x     Document Type: Article

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