Techniques for performing caesarean section

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-47

  Hema, K R ^a   Johanson, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF NORTH MIDLANDS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; Complications; Materials; Methods; Research

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBOPROST; CEFAZOLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; CHLOROXYLENOL; HEXACHLOROPHENE; IODOPHOR; MAXON; OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO; POLYDIOXANONE; POLYGLACTIN; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYPROPYLENE; POVIDONE IODINE; PROSTAGLANDIN; UTEROTONIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CATHETERIZATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSTOCIA; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LABOR; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MOTHER; OBSTETRICS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; URINARY TRACT INJURY; UTERUS SURGERY; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0035090093     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/beog.2000.0147     Document Type: Article

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