Triaging patients in the latent phase of labor

Journal of Nurse-Midwifery

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 585-591

  Austin, Dorothy A ^a   Calderon, Linda ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; LABOR ONSET; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; NURSING; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; PREGNANCY; REVIEW;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR ONSET; MIDWIFERY; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; TRIAGE;

EID: 0033218731     PISSN: 00912182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-2182(99)00110-X     Document Type: Article

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