Randomised trial comparing a policy of early with selective amniotomy in uncomplicated labour at term

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 340-346

  Johnson, Nicholas ^a   Lilford, Richard ^a   Guthrie, Kate ^a   Thornton, James ^a   Barker, Margaret ^a   Kelly, Mike ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; AMNIOTOMY; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

ADULT; AMNION; CERVIX UTERI; DECISION MAKING; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; LABOR, INDUCED; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OXYTOCIN; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031041047     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb11465.x     Document Type: Article

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