Active versus expectant management of third stage of labour: The Hinchingbrooke randomised controlled trial

Lancet

Volumn 351, Issue 9104, 1998, Pages 693-699

  Rogers, Jane ^b   Wood, Juliet ^b   McCandlish, Rona ^b   Ayers, Sarah ^b   Truesdale, Ann ^a   Elbourne, Diana ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; UTEROTONIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLAMP; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; LABOR; MIDWIFE; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UMBILICAL CORD; UNITED KINGDOM; VOMITING;

EID: 0032492360     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)09409-9     Document Type: Article

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