Delaying planned caesarean delivery until 39 completed weeks of gestation: The experience of a district general hospital

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 142-145

  Ojidu, J I ^a,b  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 0033042643     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443619965444     Document Type: Article

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