Induction of labor in patients with term premature rupture of membranes. Effect on perinatal outcome

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 138-142

  Hallak, Mordechai ^a   Bottoms, Sidney F ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Induction of labor; Oxytocin; Premature rupture of the membranes

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECONIUM; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TIME;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; LABOR ONSET; LABOR, INDUCED; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032992730     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000020907     Document Type: Article

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